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My writing life is pretty simple - i try to work every day, almost always in the mornings - and i can only write fiction effectively for about three or at the most four hours. no big mysteries, i just sit down and try to advance the cause a little bit every day.
-Jonathan Lethem
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My Writing Life Is Pretty Simple -

Jonathan Lethem
My writing life is pretty simple - i try to work every day, almost always in the mornings - and i can only write fiction effectively for about three or at the most four hours. no big mysteries, i just sit down and try to advance the cause a little bit every day.
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