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Tracy Kidder
 
Date of birth: 12 November 1945
Date of death: Alive (or unknown)
Country Of Origin: America
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" At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done. "

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" Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living. "

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" Continuity is one of the things I like about New England. "

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" Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange. "

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" I always want to write something better than the last book. "

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" I can look into parts of the world I don't understand and don't know about, and that's pretty wonderful. "

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" I can't invent stuff, but the techniques fiction writers use to create character and suspense can also be used when writing non-fiction. "

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" I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why. "

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" I have many thoughts about the view from Mt. Holyoke. It hasn't really changed very much, for one thing. "

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" I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard. "

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" I like particular people, particular places. "

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" I make an index of my notes and then get to the writing as soon as I can. I do a rough draft, and then I rewrite and rewrite. "

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" I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap. "

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" I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in. "

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" I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows-it's usually hard to read. "

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