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"I'm less patient with those rituals because I know it's kind of like performance," she says. "As I've gotten more known or my books have become more popular, I've gone into public spaces where I've met people who will introduce themselves to me and they're shaking." She is aware that nervousness is something that our society encourages in subtle ways. "[Writers] don't have the luxury of living with the performance ... You've got to understand the inner workings of people'
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