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I think some writers should wait for something to say.


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I revise and revise and revise. I'm not even sure "revise" is the right word. I work a story almost to death before it's done.



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I agree with the Lev Tolstoy quote completely, but I also feel like there's more to it. What is a happy family and an unhappy family? We're probably both of those things at the same time.



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A stellar, fully-realized collection of stories... grounded, wonderfully, in the river valleys of western Maine. You come away not only understanding a place but the soul of its people.



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I've spent a lot of time in prisons, first doing legal work and later, teaching.



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If a novel or a story works, you don't stop thinking about it; it doesn't truly end.



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I have a friend who teaches yoga (or is it pilates?), and she said that I don't seem to live in the moment. And I said, "Exactly!" I'd go nuts if I lived in the moment.



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