I think we’ve all lost some kind of feeling.
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Baby, when you were young and your heart was an open book, you used to say live and let live. You know you did, you know you did, you know you did.
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I’ve never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I’ve never touched upon my life. I’ve never written a single scene that I can say took place.
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Hello, Halberstam,” Owen says, walking by. Hello, Owen,” I say, admiring the way he’s styled and slicked back his hair, with a part so even and sharp it…
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People are afraid to merge.
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I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.
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I totally relate to Tom Cruise. He’s not crazy, it’s just the litany of the mid-life crisis.
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I don’t know why I write what I write.
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That’s how I became the damaged party boy who wandered through the wreckage, blood streaming from his nose, asking questions that never required answers.
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I could stay living in this city if they just installed Blaupunkts in the cabs.
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People can get accustomed to anything, right? Habit does things to people.
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I come to a red light, tempted to go through it, then stop once I see a billboard sign that I don’t remember seeing and I look up at it.
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I’ve been accused of being very vain about my apathy.
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You don’t market-research a novel; you really are writing it for yourself. It’s a hobby, in many ways. The problem becomes what you do when you’re confronted by criticism. You just don’t listen to it.
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Women aren’t very bright,” Rip says. “Studies have been done.
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I feel like I’m not smart enough to answer the questions I’m asked.
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