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Listen: I'm OK cute. I'm no stunner.

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What I try very hard to do is have an hour or so in the morning when I leave the house and don't have my phone with me. I'll go sit in a cafe and read and handwrite in my notebook and not be facing a screen. My head will be clear. I will be able to hear myself think. Because honestly for the rest of the day it's just screens, screens, screens.

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I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

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An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

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In addition to public housing, South Williamsburg is home to shabby artists' lofts like mine, apartments of Hasidic Jews, and one extremely tall, high-priced condo.

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There are a lot of great things about food, but it's something that's an eternal struggle in our contemporary society, where and how food is made, where it's coming from, how much to consume. There are so many layers to it.

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Young adult novels don't shy away from the discussion of weight issues, and 'Blubber,' the tale of an overweight, not-so-sympathetic fifth-grader bullied by her peers, is a refreshing take.

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In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.

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Your family is unavoidable. You cannot escape them or trade them in for another family. You also can't change them... but you can change your response to them.

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No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job.

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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