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I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.

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Jonathan Ames
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 23
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There's no shortage of material in life.
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Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.
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There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.
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It was one of those days when every time I went to go out the door, something grabbed me in the back of the brain and said, lie down and masturbate one more time.
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To write about a place, you have to live there.
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I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private.
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I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.
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I certainly want to portray the importance of friendship. I had noticed in movies and TV shows that friends often treated one another terribly, and my friends, the few I have, are never cruel to me or unkind, so I wanted to convey that.
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I live for coincidences. They briefly give to me the illusion or the hope that there's a pattern to my life, and if there's a pattern, then maybe I'm moving toward some kind of destiny where it's all explained.
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It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.
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