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I paint very messy. I throw paint around. So when I let myself do the same sort of thing with my writing, and I would just write and write and write and revise, that's when I found my rhythm in writing.
Erin Morgenstern
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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
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