"Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion."

Being, Choice

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"To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present."

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

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"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told."

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"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

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Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

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"Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even."

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"For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone."

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"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

"Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one."

Science

"I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get."

Time

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Collaboration

"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."

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"Stop aspiring and start being. The world needs you!"

"To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present."

"Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel."

"Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from."

"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told."

"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent."

"Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it."

"Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even."

"Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

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"For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone."

"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."

"Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one."

"I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get."

"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."

"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."

"Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science."

"The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years."

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"Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously."