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"Patience is what is needed to see through any process of production."
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"He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things."

"I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry."

"There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are."

"If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient. [25 February 2010]"

"It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to be sorted out, and it proved to be a major project."

"The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written."

"Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres."

"You do everything by the book, like everybody else, you get the same results s everybody else."

"Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection, his progressive steps, mysterious even to himself, should enter so swiftly into the work that he is unable to recognize them in the moment of transition."
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"People who truly serve God embrace light, they fall in love with light, and they proclaim light, they fight with light."


"Never treat people with disdain, they all deserve your respect irrespective of their faith or religion."


"Often, we only dream of something but do not fulfill our purpose and that is because we do not know how to go from dream to its fulfilment."


"The best way to convert time is to find out your calling, find out your divine gifting and convert your time into developing your gift and your calling."
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