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"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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"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."
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"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."
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"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."
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"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."
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"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."
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"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."
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"I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood."
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"To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films."
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"There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books."
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"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."
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"I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage."
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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."
Life
"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."
Religion
"I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom."
Freedom
"Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims."
People
"But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible."
Love
"I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio."
Talent
"I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff."
Life
"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."
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"I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start."
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