Sometimes that's a year, sometimes it's 18 months, where all I'm doing…

John Irving
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Sometimes that's a year, sometimes it's 18 months, where all I'm doing is taking notes. I'm reconstructing the story from the back to the front so that I know where the front is. ✨ Wrestling Life Into Fable. The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 3, 2005.
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Sometimes that's a year, sometimes it's 18 months, where all I'm doing is taking notes. I'm reconstructing the story from the back to the front so that I know where the front is. ✨ Wrestling Life Into Fable. The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 3, 2005.

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