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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Writing
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Desks
Early
Pretty
Morning
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Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at the blue lake, then up at the sandstone cliffs--those awe-inspiring layers of red and yellow rock shaped over the millennia, with dozens of black-streaked crevices that temporarily became waterfalls after rainstorms.
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Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
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That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.
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Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour, she'd ask us, when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?
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I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.
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I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.
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No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics.
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In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and as true to yourself as possible. You have to be honest and fair and vulnerable and foolish and brave, and not care what anyone thinks of it.
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Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.
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I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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Things usually work out in the end. What if they don't? That just means you haven't come to the end yet.
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When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.
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I reached my full height at age 11, and I was clumsy as all get-out - all elbows and knees, couldn't get up a flight of stairs without falling down. I wanted to be a cute, petite blonde, but I'm a big ol' strapping thing, so I just accept it.
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Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.
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Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.
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She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
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Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't.
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You'll never make a fortune working for the boss man.
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