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“Why read? Because books are precious guides to our humanity—civilization’s backbone—that tenuous ridgeline that allows us to climb above the jungle and see what the horizon has to offer. Thus they ...”
“Let’s just say that once the party was over, the Tribe had the decency to put most of the things back into place with the possible, and otherwise notable, exception of the platypus and a moronic dr...”
“But as an escort it’s our duty to hold their attention and play with their heads. The one between their ears and the one in their pants.”
“A writer never takes a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing”
“The only certainties in life are “time” and “change.” The question you must ask yourself: is now the time to change?”
“The constrained lives of his characters made me wonder how my own existence might appear in his hands.”
“Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading.”
“Creative writing is your ability to develop your inner tension, your libido, your supply of energy and electric charge, turning the charge into an image or thought, and wording the thought, thus co...”
“There are days when writing is within my power and a story unfolds along a course I've already chosen. And then there are days when the words breathe on their own and take me by the hand, leading m...”
“It’s despicable of an author to kill his main personage solely for stirring imagination of indifferent or mean minds.”
“THEY STOLE YOUR STYLEBUT THEY COULDN'T STEAL YOUR GLOW”
