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Any life will seem dramatic if you omit mention of most of it.
Ann Beattie
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Ann Beattie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 8
Novelist
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Washington
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Whatever one intends, the work takes on a life of its own.
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I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything.
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I've spent my life supporting myself.
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