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It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.

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I am mad for nature writing. I want to get inside the head of every creature in the world, even ants.

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Every story is organic, and every story finds its own ending.

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I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin.

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I can't fathom writers married to writers and musicians married to musicians. There's your enemy in bed beside you.

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What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language?

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Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier.

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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.

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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.

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I think the best endings bring you back in rather than close things off with absolute finality. I'm not saying they necessarily have to be ambiguous, but we don't always need to know what happens when everyone wakes up tomorrow morning.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: December 2nd, 1948

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