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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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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
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Norwich
Connecticut
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Appointment
Appointments
Everyday
Computer
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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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Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.
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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 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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Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous.
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I love the most the students with troubled lives.
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I thought about how love was always the thing that did that - smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt.
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The greatest griefs are silent.
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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 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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Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.
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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 want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.
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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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The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.
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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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When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.
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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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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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