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Tom Robbins

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.

Imagination

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Tom Robbins suggests that writing about real experiences is a fallback for those who cannot invent stories from their creativity. He implies that memoirs rely on actual events rather than the inventive power of imagination.

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