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Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist's head, and you invest many hours to do so.

Jay McInerney

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Jay McInerney
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 13
Novelist
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Hartford
Connecticut
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