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I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

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I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.

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Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.

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Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

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I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

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I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.

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I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

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People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

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I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

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I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 10th, 1953

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