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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
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Phoenix
Arizona
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Interesting people always have a past.
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When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, The Maroon Wave, and that's when I fell in love with journalism.
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One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice.
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Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.
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I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
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Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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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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[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Everything in life is gray, you know.
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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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Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin? I asked Mom. Not exactly, Mom said. God doesn't mind you bending the rules a little if you have a good reason. It's sort of like justifiable homicide. This is justifiable pilfering.
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Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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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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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
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She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.
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I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them the really lucky ones discover what it is.
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Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also counted on me. I never knew a girl to have such gumption, she'd say. But I'm not too sure it's a good thing.
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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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Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
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I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.
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