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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
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Political
Laughed
Piquant
Firsts
Graves
Elinor
Book
Star
Molly
First
Ground
Tweets
Way
Ears
Tweet
Rock
Listened
Rocks
Poetic
Stars
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Dialogue comes naturally to me and I can hear the characters' voices in the scenes.
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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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I usually learn more from the situations I hate than the ones I love.
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The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.
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I won't read novels while writing novels.
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People waste their happiness - that's what makes me sad. Everyone's so scared to be happy.
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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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The greatest griefs are silent.
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Love grows from the rich foam of forgiveness, mongrels make good dogs, and the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.
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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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The point is this: that the stream of memory may lead you to the river of understanding. And understanding, in turn, may be a tributary to the river of forgiveness.
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Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous.
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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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A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.
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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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Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.
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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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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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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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