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If you can whistle the melody, then the song will stick. But if you need a bunch of machines to make it sound good, you're probably not writing anything that's going to last a long time.

~James Mcbride

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My main problem with fiction is that once my characters get moving, you just have to follow them along and get out of the way of the story, but sometimes they pull me in too many directions, and I need to focus.

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I split my time between a small town in New Jersey and New York City.

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Most of my work is done when everyone else is asleep.

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I go through periods listening to specific types of music. Because I'm a musician, listening to music is... it's a bit like work for me. A little bit.

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I grew up in a house with a lot of kids, brothers and sisters. So I don't mind a lot of talking, yelling, playing. I can tune most of that out.

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I don't want to read a book that's depressing.

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Historical novels are hard to do for the general public for commercial writers like myself.

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You can't live for literature. You can't live for the job.

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I don't live for my work. My life is my life. That's more important, and I think that helps my work.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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