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E. HOTCHNER When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hun... TEA OBREHT J. D. SOUTHER Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heart... JULIANA HATFIELD G. WILLOW WILSON BABYFACE I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of 'Salv... JESMYN WARD BEN SCHNETZER I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES TESS GERRITSEN TERRY PRATCHETT JOHN MELLENCAMP MARK HELPRIN My original business model - I actually wrote this down - was 'interesting work for interesting ... TIM O'REILLY DAVID BERGEN JOHNNY VAN ZANT NATALIE BABBITT I've read everything that Isaac Asimov ever wrote, for a start. I'm massively into my fantas... ROBERT KAZINSKY Now here's what I'm saying: I've always believed that every other month we hear about co... 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