Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.
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It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media.Chuck Klosterman
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Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite.
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If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're not going to have a relationship with them, they're not going to like you, they're not going to be your friend.
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