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You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

Annie Proulx

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Annie Proulx
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 22
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Journalist
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Norwich
Connecticut
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What we fear we often rage against.
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I rarely use the internet for research, as I find the process cumbersome and detestable. The information gained is often untrustworthy and couched in execrable prose. It is unpleasant to sit in front of a twitching screen suffering assault by virus, power outage, sluggish searches, system crashes and the lack of direct human discourse.
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I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.
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There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.
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If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal.
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Anyway, there's something wrong with everybody and it's up to you to know what you can handle.
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