Reading takes solitude and it takes focus.
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I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.
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I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.
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I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.
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But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.
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There's never a false note in a Berg novel.
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