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“I am compulsive about writing, I need to do it the way I need sleep and exercise and food and sex; I can go without it for a while, but then I need it.”

 —John Irving, novelist, “John Irving, The Art of Fiction No. 93,” The Paris Review, 1986.

 

 

 

 

 

• Editorial Comment: Wait. Sex?

 

 

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November’s Senior News is delicious. Check out “Especially Now, Food Is Family.” 

 

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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard