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"I would like immortality."
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"If 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself: 'Dijkstra would not have liked this', well that would be enough immortality for me."
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"When you can't die, she thought, everything sounds like a clock ticking."
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"Immortal amarant, a flower which onceIn paradise, fast by the tree of life,Began to bloom; but soon for man's offenceTo heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows,And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life,And where the river of bliss through midst of heavenRolls o'er elysian flowers her amber stream:With these that never fade the spirits electBind their resplendent locks."
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"I would like immortality."
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"Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway."
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"If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality."
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"That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material."
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"A book is the only immortality."
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"Please, please, help me grow to be like them, the ones'll soon be here, who never grow old, can't die, that's what they say, can't die, no matter what, or maybe they died a long time ago but Cecy calls, and Mother and Father call, and Grandmere who only whispers, and now they're coming and I'm nothing, not like them who pass through walls and live in trees or live underneath until seventeen-year rains flood them up and out, and the ones who run in packs, let me be the one! If they live forever, why not me?"
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"There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption."
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"I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked."
Age
"I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past."
Past
"I would like immortality."
Immortality
"The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?"
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"Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title."
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"What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has."
Effect
"I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort."
Effort
"I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt."
Editors
"A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not."
Work
"I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point."
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