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If writing a novel is a year's exile to a foreign country, writing a short story is a weekend spent somewhere exotic. They're much more like vacations, more exciting and different, and you're off.
Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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