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As a child of the 1970s, i couldn't hold a narrative in my head; i was lucky if i could hold a joke in my head, because every time you turn on television or radio, it wipes the slate clean - at least in my case. after i gave up television, i found i could carry longer and longer stories or ideas in my head and put them together until i was carrying an entire short story. that's pretty much when i started writing.
-Chuck Palahniuk
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As A Child Of The 1970s, I

Chuck Palahniuk
As a child of the 1970s, i couldn't hold a narrative in my head; i was lucky if i could hold a joke in my head, because every time you turn on television or radio, it wipes the slate clean - at least in my case. after i gave up television, i found i could carry longer and longer stories or ideas in my head and put them together until i was carrying an entire short story. that's pretty much when i started writing.
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