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Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

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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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A tree Cannot grow In its parents' shadows.
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Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease
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Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility.
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I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.
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Humans said one thing with their bodies and another with their mouths and everyone had to spend time and energy figuring out what they really meant. And once you did understand them, the Humans got angry and acted as though you had stolen thoughts from their minds.
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To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your behavior. Earthseed: The Books of the Living
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When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.
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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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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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He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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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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The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.
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All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles,and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.
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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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Belief initiates and guides action - or it does nothing.
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We give our dead To the orchards And the groves. We give our dead To life.
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Change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of the universe. To us, that makes it the most powerful reality, and just another word for God. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina
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