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"Trial and error is not bad, but not the best. If you don't know where the crowd is going, don't follow it. Get set."
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"Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy."
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"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."
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"Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population."
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"The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery."
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"Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it."
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"What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors."
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"Put all thine eggs in one basket and - watch that basket."
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"When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill."
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"Giving advice is like seeing an elephant in someone's path and suggesting they remove it. Heeding advice requires forcing the elephant to budge. Huge difference."
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"Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion."
Being
"For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone."
Reading
"I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me."
Time
"Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one."
Science
"I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get."
Time
"Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part."
Collaboration
"I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored."
Universe
"Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that."
Movies
"Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science."
Science
"The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years."
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