"The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too."

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"I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long."

Fear

"I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected."

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"People still come up to me and ask whether I am Louise Brown or if they've seen me somewhere else before."

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"It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print."

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"Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in."

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"Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now."

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"I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal."

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"Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember."

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"When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I've found it hard to read as much as I'd like, children, work, and pets all providing powerful incentives to escape into a book and a practical reason why I rarely do so."

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