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Continuity is one of the things I like about New England. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#believe #clear #enduring #exactly #features

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#glass #i #pane #prose #want

I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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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. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#areas #boston #build #care #destitute

People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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