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

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Tracy Kidder

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“Time could truly be made to stand still. Texture could be retained despite sudden violent movement.”
“My work is has always been very, very personal.”
“By the time I got to college I had stopped reading books because I wanted to "be cool" and started reading books simply because I wanted to read them. I discovered heroes like Roth, King, Dahl, Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, TC Boyle, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, David Sedaris. These people weren't trying to "rebel against the literary establishment." They were trying to write great, high-quality books that were as entertaining and moving as possible.”
“If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.”
“I love Hollywood films and when they're done right, they're great. At the same time, I think it's always hard to come on to something that preexists.”
“The great thing about cake is it doesn't feel like work. You forget about work. Kids, adults, they all get the same look in their eye when they're decorating cakes... That's the magic right there.”
“I don't play sports. The only sports I play is shopping. But there is a lot of walking involved in that... running sometimes if there's a sale.”
“Think you can maybe not die for five minutes?" "I'll try,"I told him seriously. "You know, if anyone else said that, it would be funny.”

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