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If we grew up with nothing, we're complicated with that. That's the thing I keep hearing from people.

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Dani Shapiro
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 10
Author
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New York City
New York
Nothing
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I never troll for material. It simply presents itself, and is always unmistakable. This is why I want to roll my eyes when people interrupt themselves in the middle of some story they're telling me to say, You know you can't write about this.
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There is no end to the promotion. There is no end to the possibilities. You can continue to promote a book for years, literally.
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We are tyrannized by our options.
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If I dismiss the ordinary—waiting for the special, the extreme, the extraordinary to happen - I may just miss my life.
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