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I remember seeing my father only twice as a child for brief visits. As I grew up, I invented a father who was larger than life - stronger, smarter, more handsome, and even holier than other men.

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We know the seductive alchemy of art. To transform private anguish into a narrative of truth, if not beauty; to make sense where there was none; to bring order out of chaos - these are the promises art makes.

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I don't care what people think about me. I care what people think about my work. As a young woman, I was so eager to please that I served others' happiness and even their values before my own.

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I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives.

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I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.

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I've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives.

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Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.

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I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing.

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I was the good girl who never needed disciplining, who made straight A's. I applied and was accepted to Stanford University.

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The Russian revolution is one of history's car wrecks. We do know the ending, but we continue to watch. It expresses aspects of human nature we find unacceptable.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: March 20th, 1961

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