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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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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
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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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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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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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Only there's two sides to every story, you know. You just remember that.
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But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but the others-the ones who have died...They're with me still. They're here...
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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 like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.
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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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People waste their happiness - that's what makes me sad. Everyone's so scared to be happy.
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Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.
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Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.
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What if I don’t like adventure? Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.
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I work hard, do my best and send it out to the world hoping that people can relate to it. I accept any reaction and hope they think it is worth reading.
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Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.
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Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat.
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Dialogue comes naturally to me and I can hear the characters' voices in the scenes.
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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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If you risked love, it took you wherever you wanted to go. If you repressed it, you ended up unhappy.
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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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But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?
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