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There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

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Writing has always had that tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.

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If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I've never been able to think clearly with my fingers in that position. A pen is a much more primitive instrument. You feel that the words are coming out of your body and then you dig the words into the page.

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No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to do that. There's so much other material to write about.

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I really, truly believe that writing comes out of the body; of course, the mind is working as well, but it's a double thing and that doubleness is united. I mean, you can't separate persona from psyche; you just can't do it.

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Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can.

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I woke up one day and thought: 'I want to write a book about the history of my body.' I could justify talking about my mother because it was in her body that my body began.

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Holes in the memory. You grab on to some things, others have completely disappeared.

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I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.

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The most challenging project I've ever done, I think, is every single thing I've ever tried to do. It's never easy.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 3rd, 1947

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