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" Stoicism is of no use to me whatsoever. What I'm a big believer in is talking about everything until you're blue in the face. "

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" Both of my parents were journalists, and my rebellion, such as it was, was to become a fiction writer. "

" Every quality I despise in George Bush is a quality I despise in myself. He is my worst self realized. "

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" I've always liked this idea that writing should comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable to create trouble. The value of a work of art can be measured by the harm spoken of it. If you're not feeling that, then absolutely, why bother? "

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" When I was studying at the Iowa Writers School, I read a sports writer, Ron Maly, from the Des Moines Register. He was a good sports writer. I became real interested in the contrast between Lute Olson, who was the coach of Iowa at the time, and Ron Maly. "

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