If you go through any culture that has had wars, go to the bomb shelters, and you'll hear some amazing stories. Yes, it's a necessary thing that we actually both distract ourselves and it's a way to bond.

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• Rabih Alameddine:

  I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.

• Rabih Alameddine:

  I always say show me a storyteller who doesn't embellish, and I'll show you a bad one.

• Rabih Alameddine:

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• Rabih Alameddine:

  Nobody ever said I'm a simple personality.

• Rabih Alameddine:

  Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.

• Rabih Alameddine:

  When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted.

• Rabih Alameddine:

  Nobody ever calls me a soccer-playing writer, even though I play soccer and it's part of who I am.

• Rabih Alameddine:

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• Rabih Alameddine:

  As teenagers, a lot of us just did not want much to do with Arabic culture - we looked to the West.

• Rabih Alameddine:

  I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrib