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A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then you can have all the talent in the world, and you aren't going to finish a book.

Nora Roberts

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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Roarke: You'd enjoy flying more if you'd learn the controls. Eve: I'd rather pretend I'm on the ground. Roarke: And how many vehicles have you wrecked, had blown up, or destroyed in the last, oh, two years? Eve: Think about that, then imagine it happening when I'm at the wheel at thirty thousand feet. Roarke: Good point. I'll do the flying.
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I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.
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I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.
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