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I enjoy both TV writing and novel writing, and they are very similar. The goal is to entertain and amuse the audience, and I subscribe to this P.G. Wodehouse piece of advice: Try to give pleasure with every sentence.

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Jonathan Ames
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 23
Author
Essayist
Novelist
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New York City
New York
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Entertain
Enjoy
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Wodehouse
Every
Pleasure
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