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"I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio."
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"You need to find your gift, something you are doing better than others."
"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."
"We don't choose our talents, but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want."
"Talent silences your competition, genius deafens them."
"Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge."
"Talent is the seed, success is the fruit."
"If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out."
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"Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to."
"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."
"That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house."
"People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?"
"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."
"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."
"That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there."
"I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept."
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