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A tree Cannot grow In its parents' shadows.

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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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I'm trying to speak--to write-the truth. Im trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.
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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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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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I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing.
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I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.
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Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.
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He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.
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Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.
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