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It's a beautiful day. I just left the beach, 1 o'clock in the afternoon or something.

And it was like 5 mile an hour traffic. It was hideous. And on the other side of the road,

about every 15 seconds, a car went by, whooshed. And I watched this for about an hour or so.

And here was this object lesson. And it occurred to me that I'm on the wrong damn side of the highway.

And my whole life is on the wrong side of the highway. And I got to get on the other side.

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Today I'm talking with James Patterson, the best-selling author of all time, like in the history

of the whole world, kind of, with over 400 million books sold.

That is just insanity when you think about it.

That's more than one book for every person in the United States.

And that's just when he stopped counting.

Apparently, there's like other numbers you just stopped.

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