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When I was in my teens and twenties, I could see friends expressing how radical they were, and I envied them, the way they lived, the way they dressed. Maybe there is a part of me that is reserved, even in rebellion.

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So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.

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Success did change me. You don't want it to, but it does.

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Preserving that privacy between a writer and the work is important. You have to shut out all those voices that have reacted to your work.

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Most fiction comes from your experience.

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Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. 'Brevetist' is a better term. I'm trying to be as concise as possible and still getting across to the reader. When information is delivered in that way, it is very satisfying to me.

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A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a way, on their behalf.

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I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.'

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Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least some of the new impressions of a foreign place, when its thrilling barrage can sometimes overwhelm you.

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When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: December 7th, 1956

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