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Nathaniel Rich [1980-0] American

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Nathaniel Rich is an American novelist and essayist. He is the author of the 2013 novel, Odds Against Tomorrow, the 2008 novel, The Mayor's Tongue and the 2005 nonfiction book, San Francisco Noir: The City in Film Noir from 1940 to the Present.

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I live in New Orleans, because it's the strangest city in the United States. It has the highest murder rate in the country, the highest incarceration rate, and often we have to boil our drinking water, but there's nowhere else remotely like it.		101
I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I disagree. You need to write a lot in order to figure out what's good and what's crap.		102
There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.		103
I studied literature and Italian at Yale. I wrote my thesis about Italo Svevo, one of my heroes.		104
Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.		105
In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.		106

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