"That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house."

Beginning, Career

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"That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house."

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"In my beginning is my end."

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"The scariest moment is always just before you start."

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"Everyone has to start somewhere. So get out there and start."

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"It is better to start small than to not start at all because you are waiting to be perfect with your skills. The truth is that you can never achieve perfection in life. Even the greatest man on earth is still incapable of doing so. The ultimate goal is to start now and grow as you go."

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"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."

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"Isn't that the way everything begins? A night, a love, a once and for all."

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"A mansion begins with one brick. A forest begins with one tree. A harvest begins with one seed. An ocean begins with one drop. A friendship begins with one gesture. A fire begins with one spark. A revolution begins with one idea."

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"I like to not be too involved in the beginning and during the process so as to keep this fresh look and be able to give constructive recommendation on the final production."

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Explore more quotes by Anne McCaffrey

"I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept."

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"I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime."

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"I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale."

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"That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house."

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"Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there."

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"I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write."

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"I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel."

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"Make no judgements where you have no compassion."

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"I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start."

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