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In this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were very nearly irrelevant.

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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
Author
Novelist
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LA
California
Irrelevant
Nearly
Facts
Stories
Love
Life

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The love between humans is the thing that nails us to the earth.
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People always say, Can writing be taught? I always think, I can teach you how to write a better sentence, how to do dialogue, how to do character, but I can't teach you how to be a decent person, and I can't teach you how to have something to say.
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Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.
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I don't really do anything with the Internet except check my email. I have a much higher opinion of humanity because of that.
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That's the way I work. I get it all plotted in my mind, and then I write it down.
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I think the best vacation is the one that relieves me of my own life for a while and then makes me long for it again.
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You can't say, I'm too busy writing to be political. You are one person.
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I used to do everything to keep a wall up around myself and keep my life quiet so that I could write.
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