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William Landay
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Read more of this blog post »I work slowly; it’s always difficult—it’s nearly always difficult. I’ve been writing steadily, really, since I was twenty years old, and now I’m eighty-one. My routine now is to get up in the morning, have some coffee, start to write. And then a little later on, I might take a break and have something to eat and go on writing. The serious writing is done in the morning. I don’t think I can use...
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Defending Jacob
— published 2012 — 34 editions |
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Mission Flats
— published 2003 — 29 editions |
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The Strangler
— published 2007 — 20 editions |
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“At some point as adults we we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead.”
― William Landay, Defending Jacob
― William Landay, Defending Jacob
“The interior of a teenager’s mind is an endless war between Stupid and Clever.”
― William Landay, Defending Jacob
― William Landay, Defending Jacob
“An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion - you feel these things in your muscle and bones, not just in your mind.”
― William Landay, Defending Jacob
― William Landay, Defending Jacob
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May 16, 2012 01:59pm
Hi William, Thanks for being my Friend... look forward to reading Defending Jacob.
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