“Writing is a manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.”
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Famous John Gregory Dunne Quotes
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“Because one has written other books does not mean the next becomes any easier.”
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“Violence is the way stupid people try to level the playing field.”
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“Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.”
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“The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord.”
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“I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself.”
“There are two types of people ... the scrutinizers and the scrutinized”
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