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There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

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I think climbing mountains or buildings or whatever has been a really good metaphor for finishing my work. Because no matter how tired you get, no matter how you feel like you can't possibly do this, somehow you do.
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If you want a thing--truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die, you will have it. Why not? It has you. There is no escape. What a cruel and terrible thing escape would be if escape were possible
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And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy.
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I lost an arm on my last trip home.
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I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.
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All religions are ultimately cargo cults. Adherents perform required rituals, follow specific rules, and expect to be supernaturally gifted with desired rewards long life, honor, wisdom, children, good health, wealth, victory over opponents, immortality after death, any desired rewards.
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I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.
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Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.
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Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.
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Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.
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Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.
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If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell.
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I'm literate, and the idea of leaving children illiterate is criminal.
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I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time.
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The big talent is persistence.
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There's no narcotic like exhaustion.
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We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.
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You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
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When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.
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