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He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day.

Jay McInerney

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Jay McInerney
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 13
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Hartford
Connecticut
Find
Hard
Insisted
Work
Survive
Every
Survival
Trade
Quiet
Single
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