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I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and understands best what I'm trying to do.

Jonathan Carroll

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
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Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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You know people don't get better as we get older- we just get more of who we are.
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If you are a success in life, there are places you must go and pay to be humiliated. It is an unwritten law that human beings must be tormented throughout their lives in one way or another. If you are fortunate enough to have risen to a social level where no one does it to you for free, then you must pay for the service.
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In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.
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My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time.
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