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		A thump thump thump noise that was so unfamiliar, and yet I couldn't quite place it. But I knew it. It was - "Mmm-hmmm," Monica murmured, just as Wes came view into the path. He was running, his pace quick and steady. He was in shorts, his shirt off, staring ahead as he passed. His back was tan and gleaming with sweat.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sarah Dessen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Cusk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Farrell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manuel Puig 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zack Greinke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fisher Stevens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I certainly didn't reach out to my old assets and ask 'em how they're doing, although I would have liked to. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valerie Plame 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a dancer, so for me, if I don't work out for a week or move my body in some sense, I feel weird. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Hudson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What I know is the characters in a Southern town. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. And I know the neighborhoods, and I hopefully know the people, and I feel a connection to them. And I also feel like I'm honoring them when I talk about them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karin Slaughter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in a world that is worse than when we entered it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Berrigan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I loved Peg Bundy. I am so happy that I got to do that. It was really fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katey Sagal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's an interesting but useless bit of information that every single character in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' wears a wig, and many of them wears a prosthetic - false ears, feet, hands. In my case, nose. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mckellen