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The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control ...more

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When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and my writing sucked. Now I h...more

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Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with friends, gardening, so I always...more

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My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't invited to a party.' Th...more

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My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I can throw away all my hair, then I have th...more

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I refuse to give readers an uplifting faux experience engineered to comfort them and perpetuate the sociopolitical and economic status quo.""Who died ...more

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No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it,...more

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Music is crucial. Beyond no way can I overstress this fact. Let's say you're southbound on the interstate, cruising alone in the middle lane, listenin...more