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[Not surprisingly, Ivory Fields was full of action, death, bravado and grim recognitions of life's finitude.] That's the part that embarrasses me still, ... I was really so afraid. Of my own shadow practically.

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia.

What I was trying to suggest... was the intrigue that is always hidden in a scene, what a scene doesn't fully show.

I went to Iowa to learn how to write fiction, but when I got there I couldn't come up with any good ideas for fiction.

Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange.

If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen.

Right now I'm really researching for a good non-fiction story... I doubt that I'll ever find a subject like Paul Farmer ever again.

In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place.

Sports were crucial. Looking forward to those games could get you through the week.

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.

I can't invent stuff, but the techniques fiction writers use to create character and suspense can also be used when writing non-fiction.

I always want to write something better than the last book.

Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru.

One of the things I wanted you to feel in this book, when you were with each of the characters, you'd really be with the person, engaged, wondering what would happen and why.

I have many thoughts about the view from Mt. Holyoke. It hasn't really changed very much, for one thing.

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