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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

#easily #hard #i #i think #read

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

— Tracy Kidder

#combat #experiences #i #novel #vietnam

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

#i think #nonsense #people #people say #say

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. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

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

— Tracy Kidder

#enough #happen #like #live #long

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#catch #how #human #human being #i

I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#children #daughter #discuss #feels #i