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Jonathan Dee Quotes

There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the fortitude to work in a vacuum. For me, it was important to have some sense that my failures weren't unique.

Jonathan Dee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1962

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Work Path Me Unique Important Young

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Smile Better Looks Everyone Much

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Good Me Think Brand Camera You

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Time Me Army First Rank Sensitive

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Love Time Me Inspire Band Playing

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Derrick Grayson

Family Women Men Together Slavery

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Chip Conley

Creative People Brain Place Get

A storyteller is basically what actors and writers are.

Bruce Boxleitner

Storyteller Writers Basically

I'm a believer of destiny, and I believe I'm destiny's child. I've seen the highs, and I've seen the lows, and I believe things happen for a reason and always for the best.

Shilpa Shetty

Best Child Destiny Believe I Believe

Take all the hype out of the exercise and think of it as brushing your teeth.

Nicole Ari Parker

Think Exercise Teeth Out Hype Take

I discovered reading through libraries. I grew up in a house that wasn't brimming with books.

Mark Billingham

Reading House Through Up Books Grew