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The only difference between a published and unpublished writer is a tolerance for imperfection.

Junot Diaz

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Junot Diaz
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 31
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
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- Nothing else has any efficacy, I might as well be myself. - But your yourself sucks! - It is, lamentably, all I have.
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