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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
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New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
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At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.
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Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.
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I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.
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Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
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I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up.
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