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I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
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So let my hands and my face make their way in this world, let my hungry eyes see, my tongue taste.
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Doubt was much more energy efficient than conviction.
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I learned failure early and mastered it.
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