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Fred Saberhagen

"I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published."

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"I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published."

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"Too much thought can find fault in anything, even if there is no fault to be found."

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"Even if things were the same, people's perception of them might have been very different back then. The darkness of night was probably deeper then, so the moon must have been that much bigger and brighter."

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"A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value."

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"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."

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"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts."

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"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts."

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"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."

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"I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the time."
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"At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it."
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"Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun."
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"More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with ancient Egypt. That's about as far as I want to go in commenting on current work."
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"There are interactions with characters within the game which I think are pretty neatly done considering the limitations that you have to work with. I mean, a computer can't really generate a character that talks back and forth with you successfully."
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"There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons."
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"Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right words, that can and usually does get to be labor."
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"If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do."
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"I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both happened to move to New Mexico at about the same time, when we each had a family of young kids to raise. Socializing seemed to lead naturally to working together."
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"The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief."
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