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My novels are certainly more exciting than my own life.

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My mythic version of America is very much about parents and children, and in my experience, the suburban setting is where that particular drama plays out. Which isn't to say that there aren't parents and children in cities or on farms. I just don't know them.

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I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.'

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Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.

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I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to go to the dump.

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I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: August 13th, 1961

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