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Whether people like your work or not, but it's also based on a lot of other things - geography, who you happen to connect with and where they sit in that ladder - and all of that felt really isolating and disheartening to me when I figured it out.

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Victoria Chang
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.
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I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.
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As I published books, I realized, that's not really what I want. I don't care about the books as much anymore. I just want to write poetry.
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I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker.
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I just didn't want any order in anything. I have to leave an ordered life for them - the kids - and my job. I have to be at my desk at a certain time, and I have to answer e-mails within a certain time period.
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