American - Novelist | January 7, 1957 -
Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master.
Nicholson Baker
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I don't do all that well in the writerly world. I'm happier being outside the flow.
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I really practiced hard and got to a certain level of technical proficiency. I overcame some of my limitations. I was a hard-working, dedicated bassoonist, but I have to say I'm not a natural musician.
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The music wasn't going to happen, and I realized I had read so little. I didn't know my way around any century. I was very under read.
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I was very shy and somewhat awkward. I studied too hard. And to have this exciting dorm life was a whole new thing.
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I keep thinking I'll enjoy suspense novels, and sometimes I do. I've read about 20 Dick Francis novels.
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When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.
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Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays.
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E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.
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The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of sociable harmony.
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You can register a political objection in a number of ways.
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I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I was urged to buy one.
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