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"I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway."
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"Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me."
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"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."
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"We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of symbols including those supplied by nature and religion, which touch upon the mystical and spiritual aspects of life. Symbols inspire enduring hope by formulating idealist expectations."
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"I'm a fairly undisciplined writer."
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"Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person."
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"Pour your heart onto the page."
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"One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane."
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"Twofold misjudgement. - The misfortune suffered by clear-minded and easily understood writers is that they are taken for shallow and thus little effort is expended on reading them: and the good fortune that attends the obscure is that the reader toils at them and ascribes to them the pleasure he has in fact gained from his own zeal."
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"I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing."
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"You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must learn about people from people, not from what you read. Your reading should confirm what you've observed in the world."
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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 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."
Writing
"I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need."
Religion
"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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"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."
Food
"I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway."
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"I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio."
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"I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff."
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"I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens."
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"I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage."
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