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"Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations."
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"You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself."
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"The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian."
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"Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you're writing and try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the previous one."
"At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career."
"I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it."
"And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee."
"One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive."
"I'm fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happily married and to have, on the whole, a fairly clear conscience."
"Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations."
"I volunteered for this life, wanted it and am not going to bitch about it now that I've got it."
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