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" I'm a very bad Christian, but I am a Christian. "

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" I don't have any dark desires. And I think most people don't. A few have dark desires and don't sublimate them. "

" I never was religious, really, but I'm very interested in religion. "

" I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility. I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away. "

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" I don't know what I would do if I didn't write. "

" I don't exorcise anything with my writing. I'm sure people do, but I don't. "

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" I am interested in names and what they say; it is true. I like to look at the columns of baby names in the newspapers. But I don't run out of new ones for my characters. "

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