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"Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do."
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"If you move faster than the music, it will look strange; if you move slower than the music, it will look strange! Be like autumn leaves which follow exactly the rhythm of the wind!"
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"Accept the fullness in life's balance, which demands that there are positive gifts along with adversity."
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"Discomfort: the valley between the body and the soul. Comfort: the bridge between the body and the soul."
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"The pleasure is there, between your expectations and regrets."
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"There can be a fine line between being confident and cocky."
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"Life is a balance between letting go and holding on."
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"Extreme right-wingers are known for giving God a bad name; extreme left-wingers are known for giving God a weak name. He's not as simple as conservative versus liberal, old versus new. His wings are balanced. God is both and neither."
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"God has said for us to know bad, as bad and good, as good. But while knowing the bad, there should not be the slightest abhorrence towards it and while knowing the good, there should not be slightest attachment towards it. Without knowing bad, as bad, the good cannot be known as good."
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"The supreme hallmark of reality is balance."
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"With no positivity, there is no hope; with no negativity, there is no improvement."
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"When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt."
Age
"I've always had difficulties with female characters."
Difficulty
"The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received."
People
"If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level."
Books
"For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict."
Conflict
"Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage."
Marriage
"I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it."
Interference
"By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way."
Age
"Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it."
Action
"I'm really a library man, or second-hand book man."
Man
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