With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it's much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist.
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I think what we tried to do is get a reflection of all the forces that are at play, of the best writing. In the end, we ended up with something that was a pretty good reflection of the changes in society as well.
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It was the first time in American history a war had been declared over by an anchorman.
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