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I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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People
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