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I don't mind finding these ugly sides to my personality and exaggerating them because that's something you can write towards.

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I know what it's like to feel snobby; I know what it's like to feel anxiety; I know what it's like to feel like busted because you're crazy.

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I steer clear of any novel that gets billed as a 'meditation.'

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I'm consistently blown away by 'Mad Men.' Having spent so much time in the writers' room, I'm cursed in that anytime I watch something, I'm always calculating what the writers are up to.

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My favorite kind of book is a domestic drama that's grounded in reality yet slightly unhinged.

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If I had written something, and I had written myself into a corner, I didn't abandon it. Because I remembered: There's always more.

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I can only do really serious writing for a couple of hours. And then I always go on a walk. I do a one-to-two-hour walk; I don't go running or hard hiking.

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I suppose I could admire all these slow Seattle drivers for their safety-mindedness, consideration for others, and peace of mind. Instead, I'm a fury of annoyance.

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There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.

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Even when I was writing 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette,' I started to appreciate Seattle's many charms.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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