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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
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Larry Niven
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: April 30
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Laurence van Cott Niven
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The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you're in violation.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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Love was a delicious blend of warm and cold. There was comfort in making love. It solved no problems: but one could run away from problems.
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