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I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.

Because Jews were kicked out of every country in Europe at one time or another, and plenty of other places as well, there isn't an ability to identify with a national heritage - you'll never hear a Jew say 'I'm German' or 'I'm Polish,' without saying something about being Jewish as well, and for good reason.

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Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses.

From Adam Mansbach

I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.

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The goal has been not to get pigeonholed. I like working in different genres. I'm gonna try to be entertaining and funny and do my usual thing.

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When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.

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As a writer, I've always been somebody who's been productive and hustled hard.

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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.

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Graffiti writers were the most interesting people in hip hop. They were the mad scientists, the mad geniuses, the weird ones.

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I was a rapper and a DJ, and if you wanted to be involved in hip-hop, you had to be involved in the sonic, the kinetic and the visual aspects. The visual was graffiti.

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