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" As for the notion that everything has already been said, maybe it has, but life is like meatloaf: there are so many different ways to present it. "

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" In this wide world, I don't think that there's just one person for any of us. I think we look until we find one that feels right, and oftentimes, it works out just fine. "

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" I'm nuts about the South - the people, the language, the food, the land, the stories and writers that come from there - but it's hard to know whether I'll use it as a location again. "

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