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People can have a variety of concerns at the same time. Even those undergoing grave or traumatic experiences will acknowledge the need for lightness or even entertainment.

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I don't consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones.

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Longing, for everyone, is always there, isn't it? More intense at some times than others. You get closer to less longing - an odd metaphoric phrasing, I realize - then, you are further and longing more than ever again.

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A struggle, to the person experiencing it, is a struggle.

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Our concerns aren't always appropriate or morally elevated.

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I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and I ended up staying two months.

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I love 'Anna Karenina.' It's in the top five books on my list. Tolstoy is unsurpassed in combining the grand with the trivial, that is, the small details which make up life.

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Writing chases after the senses, and conveys them in an altered form. When it is done well, the senses come alive in a new and captured form.

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When I was younger, I suppose I was interested in checking out as much about writing as I could: bad, weird, irritating, even things not-to-my-taste. Now I am less open. I will decide after a few pages if I want to stay in the world of the book, and if I don't, I put it down. I have less time left.

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Families are endlessly fascinating. We all have one, and they have a great impact on who we are and what we do - Freudian as that is.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: December 7th, 1956

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