You are the first writer I have seen who has grasped the seminal point that the dysfunctions in the current health care system are expressions of basic structural errors in their design, not intrinsic failings of capitalism or some such.

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Are you a weekend writer?

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Are you a late-night writer?

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And not just letting yourself get absorbed by a good book on a regular basis, but reading with one part of your brain watching what the writer is doing and how you are reacting to it.

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This was good training for a writer, for the sooner you accept the fact that you are a deluded idiot who is always out of step with reality the better off you will be.

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"If you throw a rock in this town you are going to hit an industry executive, " said Lake Bell, the writer, director and star of "In a World, " which will be shown at the festival.

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Not because that fact matters more than the fact that she is smart, and a good writer, and ambitious, and driven, and willful, but because when you are a woman, and you want to get ahead, it really helps if you are pretty.

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