"One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need."

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"One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need."

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"As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning."

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"If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior."

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"Behind every effect there is a cause. You can never eliminate an effect without first understanding its cause."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

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"Captain Vimes believed in logic, in much the same way as a man in a desert believed in ice -- i.e., it was something he really needed, but this just wasn't the world for it."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

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"Nothing guarantees that reasonable people will agree about everything, of course, but the unreasonable are certain to be divided by their dogmas. It is time we recognized that this spirit of mutual inquiry, which is the foundation of all real science, is the very antithesis of religious faith."

Sam Harris, American Author

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"There is no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too reasonable."

Sam Harris, American Author

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"Religion is a distraction from true education."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

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"The power of reason is thought small in these days, but I remain an unrepentant rationalist. Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife. Therefore every orgy of unreason in the end strengthens the friends of reason, and shows afresh that they are the only true friends of humanity."

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"I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com."

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"Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale."

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"Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my anticipation. So there is considerable flow, but always within channels."

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"It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it."

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"What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit."

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"I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy writers have had trouble getting published, in England and elsewhere, when it is obvious the readers were waiting for us all along."

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"I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way."

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"But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do."

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"All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense."

Sense,

"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."

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