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" I never write a book unless I can't help it. Something has to bother me, like a mosquito, until I have to do something to relieve the itch. "
Gregory Maguire
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" Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful. "
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" My first job was scooping ice cream at Friendly's in Albany, New York. I hated the work, most of my colleagues, and the uniform, and I more or less lost my taste for ice cream permanently. "
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