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"It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can "take over" as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times."
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"Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well."
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"Wilted or in bloom,taking or lending daylight,the world transitions."
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"The only way to change the world is to quit thinking it's a job for Superman. Real power lies in your own hands."
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"A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud."
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"No matter which path you are on, always do this: Question your path! If you are on the wrong path, change it; no matter on which mile of the road, change it! Till you find the right path, change all the paths!"
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"If the tranquillity is killing you, seek for the storm to save your life!"
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"There are no real start-overs, only start-from-heres."
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"With the same habit of mind, even if you live thousands of lives, all will be the same! Get a different habit of mind to get a different life!"
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"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."
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"In your winter you deny your spring."
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"At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young."
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"I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation."
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"It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can "take over" as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times."
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"I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults."
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"I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not an efficient fighter anyway - but I have certainly seen other people have great complicated goes at one another."
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"They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people."
Experience

"When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a librarian it was expected that I would know about a wide range of books."
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"Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are."
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"At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's mind, with one book reinforcing another. Some books form relationships. Other books stand in opposition. No two writers or readers have the same pattern of interaction."
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"I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the flow of language in the outside world, games with words, and ideas about relationships are all most important to me."
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