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Being a professional screenwriter is perhaps the hardest occupation. Because nothing is ever yours and, by the nature of the medium, you are never ultimately responsible for your work. It can be interesting - if you have another outlet.

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Life is much more available in New York - there are a dozen movie theaters within walking distance. Living in California is easier, but you get sedentary.

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I got 'The Red White and Blue' out of journalism. It puts you in touch with the world.

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I've always thought a novelist only has one character, and that is himself or herself. In my case, me.

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I'm a great believer in the novelist being 'on the scene,' reporting, traveling, meeting all sorts of people.

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I'm not a bad mimic, and I can pick up speech cadences that I would not pick up if I didn't hit the road.

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I resist and resent the idea of California as a metaphor. It's something thrust upon us, usually by people in the East.

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I liked Los Angeles for odd reasons. For one, there was no sense of community. You were really left to your own resources, spending this inordinate amount of time alone in a balloon of an automobile. I liked that a lot.

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There are no new facts about the Kennedys, only new attitudes, a literature that, like the automobile industry, puts new bodies on old chassis.

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There are no legends about the Duponts; the legends are about Howard Hughes.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: May 25th, 1932

Died: December 30th, 2003

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