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When I start writing novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry, rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the beginning. If you don't do that, you can't write good characters.

Ruth Ozeki

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Ruth Ozeki
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 12
Film Director
Novelist
Writer
New Haven
Connecticut
Ruth L. Ozeki
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