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Look, don't just stare at the pages, I used to tell my students. Become the characters. Live inside the book.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Used
Stare
Character
Staring
Live
Pages
Look
Characters
Book
Students
Looks
Inside
Tell
Become

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I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.
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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 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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A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.
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Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.
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I am a plodder, I make an appointment with my computer everyday and I have no idea where I am going.
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Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.
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I try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.
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First I laughed my way through Elinor Lipman's book of political tweets. Then I put my ear to the ground and listened to Molly Ivins guffawing from the grave. Lipman is a piquant poetic rock star!
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Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.
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I usually learn more from the situations I hate than the ones I love.
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