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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
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Norwich
Connecticut
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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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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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Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat.
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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'm a very rooted person. I grew up in Norwich, Connecticut, I still live in Connecticut.
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I walked over and looked closer at the statue of the goddess. She was wearing a headdress with a skull and a cobra and a crescent moon. Maybe this is what peace of mind was all about: having a poisonous snake on your head and smiling anyway.
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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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I love the most the students with troubled lives.
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Connecticut is in my blood.
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Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.
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Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.
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I love revising. If you demystify the process, it comes down to four strategies: what can I do to make the draft better what should I cut out to make it stronger what do I need to do to clarify it and finally, what should I reposition.
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