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He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.

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The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself in, since I'm me and I'm here and I'm writing.
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But my problem with fantasy, and horror, and related genres, is that sometimes the problems are illogical.
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No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.
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The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work to educate and benefit their community, their families and themselves and to contribute to the fulfillment of the Destiny.
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Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.
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The big talent is persistence.
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Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status.
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When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.
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The differences you perceive between Humans-between groups of Humans-are the result of isolation and inbreeding, mutation, and adaptation to different Earth environments
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We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.
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I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.
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First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.
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Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you.
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A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a young writer to think you're been very clear when in fact you haven't.
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