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Let me now praise the American writer James Dickey. In 1970, his novel 'Deliverance' was published. I found it to be 278 pages that approached perfection. Its tightness of construction and assuredness of style reminded me of 'The Great Gatsby.'

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Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.

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I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.

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When I was 5 years old, my mother read me 'Gone With The Wind' at night, before I went to bed. I remember her reading almost all year.

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I meet kids now who become novelists, poets, write for the theater and movies, who were simply inspired by what they saw during the Spoleto Festival.

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I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.

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My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.

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I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.

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I never read my reviews... not even the good ones. Barbra Streisand once told me, if just one person in the audience doesn't applaud, it bothers her. I'm the same way. I'd be devastated to read that someone didn't like my work.

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Writing has never been that simple for me.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 26th, 1945

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