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He doesn’t know to want for more because nothing in his life has been as much as this...on that night he thinks that no one has ever had so much and only later will he know he should have asked for more.
Ann Patchett
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Ann Patchett
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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I think of Nashville as a very natural place. We're easy going, we are ourselves. There isn't a lot of preening or trying to impress. So it's an easy place to just be and that is a good state from which to write.
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That's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to somebody, I'm glad you're reading this book or I'm glad you're getting this book or Don't get that book. I read that book and hated that book. Let's get you this book instead.
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The tricky thing about being a writer, or about being any kind of artist, is that in addition to making art you also have to make a living.
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If you're trying to find out what's coming next, turn off everything you own that has an OFF switch and listen.
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