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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.

Ann Patchett

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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens.
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I will write my way into another life.
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It was all in my head and now all I had to do was figure out a way to get it down on paper.
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I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.
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Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.
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