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Often I choose characters who express not my best self, but the sides of me I haven't developed or haven't expressed.

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Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.

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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.

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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.

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In the aftermath of a marriage, you feel helpless and hapless.

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I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.

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I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse.

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With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge.

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I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry.

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I've cooked plenty of meals when I was sad, lonely, depressed, angry, bored, and/or under the weather. My primary aim in these circumstances is generally to cheer myself up, to fill my stomach with something warm so I can feel comforted and fed, usually just with a quick soup or an omelet.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: August 22nd, 1962

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