American - Novelist | December 5, 1968 -
L.A., for me, is a perfect microcosm of America - because it's so profligate, and so glamorous, and so anti-intellectual, finally.
Lydia Millet
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Most of my books have something to do with L.A.
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People from the rest of the state tend to hate Phoenix, with that typical resentment of the boroughs and the towns for the big city.
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I've always wondered: is there really any access to the White House?
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People who are obsessed amuse me.
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I don't write the same book twice.
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As soon as a regular guy like Bill Clinton becomes the president, he wears a mantle of greatness. He's the president.
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I like to amuse myself.
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Everyone desires to laugh sometimes, and I want to make that available.
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There has to be space for play in literature. We all need some breathing room.
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It's a friendly act to write a lighthearted book.
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Marriage is like the romantic ideal, and yet the trappings around it and the culture about it are really the opposite of that.
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