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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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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Different
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Going
Defies
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Surprised
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As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.
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If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.
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