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I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Thing
Good
Always
Finish
Soon
Literature
Forget
Book
Writing

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Try Jesus, you won't regret it, a billboard read.
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I write because I want more than one life I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple.
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I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin
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