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“I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it’s kinder not to. I’m deeply into my 50s now.”

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“Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?”

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A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. It’s a short letter – all she said was, “Hey, since it’s harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed, here $10 for a pizza.” I was like, “Aww, she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home!”

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“I got one letter at the very beginning, like, in the first season, saying – from a woman who was very religious, very Christian, saying how wrong she thought the show was, but she thinks it’s the funniest show on television.”

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“You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry”

“I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.”

John Steinbeck

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“Even when I have to write a simple letter I’m scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.”

Gustav Klimt

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“You will no doubt expect a long letter after so much delay, but I am afraid you will be disappointed, as long letters are not my forte.”

William J. Wills

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“Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter… I am so unlucky.”

Eddie Slovik

And another one, amusing but so true:

“I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.”

Pascal

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Lord Byron

Phyllis Theroux

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