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But he discovered his success later, when he began to write just like he talked.

— William McKeen Outlaw Journalist (2008)

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The lifestyle of the character he had created had consumed him.

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Nothing infuriates an academic more than a talented and successful colleague.

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For a man complaining about the agony of celebrity, he wasn't doing anything to stop perpetuating his image as America's premier outlaw journalist.

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Friends picked up on the joke, and he was "the Good Doctor" for the rest of his life.

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