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The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
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Minneapolis
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People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but the next day is less hard and so forth, easier and easier the longer you go on. But instead it's like missing water. Every day, you notice the person's absence more.
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