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The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.'

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Christopher Buckley
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: September 28
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Stamford
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Christopher Taylor Buckley
Christopher Wayne Buckley
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