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I just always try to respond to what I'm most interested in at the moment - that hasn't changed.

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There's so much to learn in writing and in life, and in any particular era in one's life, it seems like a few concerns have to be dealt with at once or else something really bad could happen. Writing seems like the place to deal with those concerns.

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As a journalist, you don't tend to interview people with a view to becoming their friend. You can't expect that. It's not professional.

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Usually, you don't have commitment promises in a friendship. Usually, it just grows.

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Today, I defined 'sentimental' to myself as a feeling about the idea of a feeling.

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No child, through her own will, can pull a mother out of her suffering, and as an adult, I have been very busy.

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We're so sure of what our unlived lives would have been like that we feel guilty for not living them - for not living up to our potential.

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Our delusions of omniscience play a role in our ideas of not only what we want but also what we want to escape.

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I see friends of mine who have kids and continue to do their art. It's deeply impressive. I can't even fit an Amazon return into the day. It's been sitting on my desk for two weeks.

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Every choice you make has higher stakes - or that's how it feels.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Writer

Born: December 25th, 1976

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