T. C. Boyle Quotes

I always listen to music while I'm working and I always read aloud to my wife. I love to read aloud to an audience because there's a cadence and a beat. There's a music to the language that's very important to me.

T. C. Boyle

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• Important
• Wife
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• I always listen to music while I'm working and I always read aloud to my wife. I love to read aloud to an audience because there's a cadence and a beat. There's a music to the language that's very important to me.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Music
  • Important
  • Wife