Tim O'Brien

Working as a journalist, I was always tempted to lie. I felt I could do dialogue better than the person I was interviewing. I felt I could lie better than Nixon and be more concise than some random person I was covering.

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These are some quotes by American author Tim O'Brien Author, who was born on October 1, 1946.

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Above all, a well-imagined story is organized around extraordinary human behaviors and unexpected and startling events, which help illuminate the commonplace and the ordinary.

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My life is storytelling. I believe in stories, in their incredible power to keep people alive, to keep the living alive, and the dead.

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I didn't get into writing to make money or get famous or any of that. I got into it to hit hearts, and man, when I get letters not just from the soldiers but from their kids, especially their kids, it makes it all worthwhile.

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I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.

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Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

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