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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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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
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Norwich
Connecticut
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Molly

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All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.
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I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.
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I try to find something that applies not to me only, but to others, but don't try to control it too much. Essentially it is about what moves us, teaches us about ourselves.
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The evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.
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I grew up in a household of women, they ran the show, they kept it all together. I credit my ability to write in female voices, as well as male, with having grown up with older sisters in a neighborhood largely populated by girls.
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But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?
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If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.
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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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However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.
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I usually learn more from the situations I hate than the ones I love.
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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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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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Dialogue comes naturally to me and I can hear the characters' voices in the scenes.
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If you risked love, it took you wherever you wanted to go. If you repressed it, you ended up unhappy.
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A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.
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Only there's two sides to every story, you know. You just remember that.
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If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.
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I think... the secret is to just settle for the shape of your life takes...Instead of you know, always waiting and wishing for what might make you happy.
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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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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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