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Unfortunately for my family, they have a writer in the family.

There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start.

I write about families. That is who we are.

I never thought about what I would write. I just come from such a big family of storytellers.

The children of great authors do not, as a rule, become writers.

Writers are so important.

Every writer secretly hopes that what he or she has written will endure.

I'm a family-based person, even though we didn't exactly have a very happy family. I was never in any doubt that this was a centre of writing.