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"Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know."
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"The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing."

"Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail."

"The month of January, we were number one. Now, this is something we're proud of, because we recognize we're up against a formidable operation there at CNN."
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"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted."

"Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!"
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"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."
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"I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part."

"After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with."

"I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since."

"Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can."

"Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats."

"Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so."

"My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits."

"I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form."

"I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks."

"I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page."
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