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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."
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"It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it's wrong to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture."

"English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market."

"I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English."

"I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness."

"When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you walk into a bank, you're a bum with money."

"I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces."
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