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"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't."

"Believe in the hope of your Life Illusion because this is the only real thing that you posses!"

"Help us to be true, Lord. Help us to stand."
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"I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box."

"You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home."

"When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well."

"I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me."

"That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds."

"Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single."

"Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work."
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