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"The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so."
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"Creators always have an advantage because they make the stuff we consume."
"In order to be more successful than the other people, you have to do something that otherpeople are not doing."
"If there seems no answers then create and apply them."
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"Innovators with global thinking find more viewing spots that the rest; therefore, they can solve problems in unconventional ways."
"We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press."
"The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet."
"We have some good ideas here. But the only way to know if they're workable is to try to make them fail. If we fail to fail, then maybe we're on the right track."
"Innovation gives life to imagination by providing that it is true, real, and useful."
"I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid."
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"Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century."
"Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you're connecting with them on a personal level."
"I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web."
"In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known."
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"Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect."
"Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal. Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That's where the real danger lies."
"How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all."
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