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You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.

~Tracy Kidder

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At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

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I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way.

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If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you.

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The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia.

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I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.

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What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.

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If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen.

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What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives.

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People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 12th, 1945

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