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In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

- Ann Patchett
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I go through long periods of time when I don't write, and I'm fine.

I think I would probably have been a good mother.

I kissed John Updike as he presented me with an award. It wasn't the best kiss as far as kisses go, but I hold the fact that I kissed John Updike, that he kissed me, very close to my heart.

You learn every time you write a book, and then you take that new knowledge and experience into the next book. Hopefully, every time, you raise the bar.

I'm just such a Luddite, and I want to write books about Luddites.

I believe I can solve others' problems. It's great when it works, but for the most part, it's very unappealing.

I don't really cry.

Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces.

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.

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In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.