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Tracy Kidder

Tracy Kidder

American Author

Born: Nov 12, 1945

About Book People World Writing You

Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar

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

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Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living. Tracy Kidder

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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 want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass. Tracy Kidder

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At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done. Tracy Kidder

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I always want to write something better than the last book. 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 usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way. 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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