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New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself.

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The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to their dream.

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Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

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Once in a while, when I first started to write pieces, I would try to write to a reader other than myself. I always failed. I would freeze up.

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I recognize a lot of the things I'm going through. Like, I lose my temper a lot and I become unhinged and kind of hysterical.

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I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel.

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Memories are what you no longer want to remember.

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I am always writing to myself.

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I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.

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I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what got wasted.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 5th, 1934

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