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that you wrote your first novel to impress a girl.
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That reading great writers inspires you,
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and drinking with them inspires you
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to beat them on the best-seller list.
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Okay.
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Clearly I need to develop some new material.
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But this was supposed to be
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old-fashioned father-daughter time.
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Dad, watching you speak to your cronies
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isn't exactly father-daughter time.
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Besides, I'm not 12.
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We don't have to be attached at the hip.