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Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all.

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The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.

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I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.

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I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it.

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The writer works in a lonely way.

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In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.

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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.

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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

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My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever.

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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: February 27th, 1913

Died: May 16th, 1984

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