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Writers are the ones who figure out how to put their observations into words.

~Meghan Daum

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I think people seem to want to read pieces that are shorter but not as short as the pieces they can read in small bites on the Internet. It may be that the sort of long essays are hitting a sweet spot between the tiny morsels online and the full-length book.

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I love the essay. It's my favorite genre to work in.

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I don't think anyone's ever accused me of too much self-love.

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Our culture is so obsessed with the idea that you're going to go through a crisis or some difficult event and come out the other side a changed or improved person, and I just think that if you're honest, that often does not happen, and in fact, it shouldn't happen.

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If you do the things you enjoy and are good at, I really have a feeling that that will lead to having a fulfilling life, and people with fulfilling lives are able to be 'good people.'

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I am weary of happiness, both as a word and as a concept.

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Though I probably shouldn't admit this, the activities and pursuits in which I've achieved any measure of success are, without exception, activities and pursuits that came easily to me from the beginning.

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In about an 18-month period, my mother got sick and died, and then I had a freak illness less than a year later and almost died myself. And I found in both of those situations that there was this expectation to have a kind of transformative experience.

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I respond to about a quarter of comments. It's a good barometer of my mental health - when I'm healthy and busy, I don't read them.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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