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I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.

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Alex Flinn
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Alexandra Flinn
Making
Watched
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Tremendous
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Difficulty
People
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Painfully
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Junior
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