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"Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion."
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"I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price."
Technology
"That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door."
Authority
"The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years."
Writer
"When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power."
Power
"Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science."
Science
"An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table."
Experience
"I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me."
Time
"I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored."
Universe
"Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part."
Collaboration
"I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days."
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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."
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Personal Development
"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."
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Personal Development
"Being is more important than doing."
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Personal Development
"You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself."
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Personal Development
"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."
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Personal Development
"Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit."
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Personal Development
"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."
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Personal Development
"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
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"There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved."
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"The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything."
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