I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.
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He was in the cockpit when the plane went down. We're very proud of him and all the folks who made sure our nation's Capitol was not a target. They did not take out a symbol of our democracy.
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As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief, violently asthmatic sojourns on my way to a house we owned in the Blue Mountains.
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Well, good luck to you, kid I'm going to write the Great Australian Novel.
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