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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.

W. P. Kinsella

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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
Novelist
Scrabble Player
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Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
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Curt Flood, of course, was in a class by himself, a true hero.
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Any game becomes important when you know and love the players.
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[I] Played a little softball, but there was nowhere on the field it was safe for me to be.
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I don't believe in the afterlife.
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I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not a top division player, I've won a number of tournaments.
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If you build it, he will come.
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Found a good voice and took advantage of it. Each of my specialties was like a prospector discovering a vein of gold. I worked each until the vein was exhausted.
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[I had ] uneventful, though isolated childhood. Good, kind, stable parents.
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[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell only blockbusters and leave the real work to small presses.
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