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Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat.

Wally Lamb

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Chair
Chairs
Seats
Taking
Away
Cushion
Life
Cushions
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Pulled

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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane wing and jumping off.
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But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?
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I work hard, do my best and send it out to the world hoping that people can relate to it. I accept any reaction and hope they think it is worth reading.
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Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.
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I need to get lost and sometimes my characters lead me to places I don't expect to go.
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I usually learn more from the situations I hate than the ones I love.
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But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but the others-the ones who have died...They're with me still. They're here...
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I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.
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