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The thing that usually gets me through the writing is that my feelings of wretched inadequacy are irregularly punctuated by brief flashes of omnipotence.
James L. Brooks
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James L. Brooks
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 9
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Brooklyn
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James Lawrence Brooks
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