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"Things that you have remained 'sincere' to, those many things you have won. The world has to be won; only then will it let you go to moksha!"

"Success is not the final destination but the stepping stone for the next."

"Luck ... taps once in a lifetime at everybody's door but if industry does not open it luck goes away."

"Live the Life of Your DreamsWhen you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve."

"Show me your talents and I'll show you your net worth."

"There is only one real purpose of a real revolution: To move forward!"

"The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about."

"Always let your talent do the talking. Never your tantrums."
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"Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative."


"The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying."


"An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit."


"I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back."


"We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary."


"James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond."


"There was a very serious communist strain among American intellectuals before the war. America was a more tolerant place in those days, and Communists were not treated as pariahs. That ended with the McCarthy era."


"In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation."


"I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have."
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