"I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing."
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"You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel.“
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"Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself."
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