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I have always had someone in my life that I consider my reading mentor because I come from a family where reading was not emphasized or even approved of.

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If you aren't a reader and you have a kid with his face buried in books, it can be a bit threatening. My parents viewed my reading as somewhat effeminate, but also subversive on some level.

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It's hard to imagine anyone accusing Lionel Shriver of being a timid writer.

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Early on, I got some criticism from other gay writers and queer theorists for being too 'assimilationist,' probably because my characters are outsiders, even in the gay world.

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I wish I could calculate my way to a bigger audience, but I don't think I'm smart enough. Actually, I don't think anyone is smart enough. Most calculations along those lines fail.

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I guess I have an aversion to writing about big events and heroic actions. The everyday has always seemed most important to me in writing, probably because I believe people reveal themselves in how they deal with small details.

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It's really fun to write something for kids. You can make it a little bit more extreme and crazy than you would for adults.

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When you're sitting in the theater watching your own work be performed, you get to see people's reactions immediately. Unlike with a book, you don't have to wait for responses. That's very satisfying. Unless it's a joke that falls flat.

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When you're laughing aloud at David Sedaris' every sentence, it's easy to miss the more serious side of what he's up to.

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Jill Eisenstadt's comic second novel, 'Kiss Out,' is a work of such extravagant wackiness, eccentricity, and exuberance that any attempt to squeeze it into the confines of a simple plot summary seems doomed to failure and is possibly pointless.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: June 26th, 1955

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