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" Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility. "

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" My thoughts can sometimes be spurred by what I read, but my reading is extremely eclectic. "

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" I've chosen difficult men. But then I'm sure they'd say they'd chosen a difficult woman. "

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" I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity. "

" I don't want to be bored; I don't want to be with someone I don't respect. "

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" When 'Tracks' first came out, I was courted by Sydney Pollack. I had lunch with him, and he opened the conversation with, 'Honey, you ain't gonna like what I'm gonna do to your book.' I really liked him, but I turned him down, because - well, I was stupid. I also turned down a great deal of money. "

" If you are fragmented and uncertain, it is terrifying to find the boundaries of yourself melt. "

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" Australia's arid western region, from the town of Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean coast, is a beautiful, haunting, but largely empty land. Dominated by the harsh, almost uninhabited Great Sandy and Gibson deserts, the region is known only to Australian Aborigines, a handful of white settlers, and the few travelers who motor across it. "

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