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And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that's what we're suppos...more

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I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses.

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God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

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When you write a story you're telling yourself the story. When you rewrite your main job is taking out all the things that are NOT the story.

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Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again.

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Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you...more

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When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

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Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.

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It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.