My big dream back then was to buy an IBM Selectric. I still have that dream. I really … - Gary Reilly

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And here I am, strapped into a tree, a stone's throw from the biggest idiot in the games.

Gary Reilly

My big dream back then was to buy an IBM Selectric. I still have that dream. I really ought to buy a word-processor. Half the cabbies at Rocky own computers. They tell me they can write failed novels ten times faster on a PC.

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. . . occasionally I see rich-looking women on Rollerblades gripping leashes and being towed bodily by golden retrievers. That's my kind of jogging.

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A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through to the big time and become failed novelists.

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I've been broke, and I've been in debt, and broke is better.

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And here I am, strapped into a tree, a stone's throw from the biggest idiot in the games.

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Don't allow yourself to become disheartened when the thread doesn't suit or seems unsightly to you. Wait and watch. Be patient and devoted. As the threads twist and turn, you will begin to understand, and you will see the pattern finally materialize in all its splendor.

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Pam Houston

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