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The goal is to be both disciplined and loose, so that the writing does not turn into a task or a chore. To leave myself behind, along with the mechanics, and disappear into the lives of my characters.

Pete Hamill

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Pete Hamill
Age: 85 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 24
Died: 2020
Died: August 5
Editor
Journalist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
William Peter Hamill Jr.
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Chore
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Characters
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Character
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Disappear

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