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Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient.
Christopher Bollen
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Christopher Bollen
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
Journalist
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.
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Going out into the country after living in the city is a loss of control.
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I like to be alone, I mean, I really love to be alone more than anything else, and I don't really like to talk about myself to death, and I don't like to share too much, and I don't really have dreams of extreme fame or even extreme respect.
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There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.
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I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something?
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Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come into the game itself.
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Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of Losing My Religion. That's a landmark piece.
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I've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing.
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I was obsessed with Agatha Christie in sixth grade.
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