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When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.

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...love, all at once and much, much too completely. It's like you suddenly turn a blinding light on something that had always been half a shadow...

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I go to the movies because – I like adventure. Adventure is something I don’t have much of at work, so I go to the movies.

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Yes, movies! Look at them — All of those glamorous people — having adventures — hogging it all, gobbling the whole thing up! You know what happens? Pe...more