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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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"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."
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"I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world."
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"We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study."
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"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please."
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"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."
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"The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it."
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"What if I were seeking a hardcopy? A book I can bury my nose in metaphorically and literally if I'm a self-confessed book-sniffer and proud to say so."
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"Read much, but not many books."
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"In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive."
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"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
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"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."
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"I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale."
Writing
"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 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."
Media
"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."
Food
"That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house."
Beginning
"I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway."
Writing
"I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio."
Talent
"Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims."
People
"I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff."
Life
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