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"Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too."
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"You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least beans you possibly can. So because I had already written historical fiction before I was really good at the spilling beans section, but the new skill I had to learn when I was writing Brighton Belle was difficult. I had to avoid the equivalent of shouting, "this character's a murderer! Look who did it!."
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"Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me."
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"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."
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"We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of symbols including those supplied by nature and religion, which touch upon the mystical and spiritual aspects of life. Symbols inspire enduring hope by formulating idealist expectations."
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"I'm a fairly undisciplined writer."
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"Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person."
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"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
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"Pour your heart onto the page."
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"You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough."
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"One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane."
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"I would like to play with electronic keyboards again."
Play
"I don't have a great nostalgia for the past."
Nostalgia
"Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too."
Writing
"I like to play with someone who can cover a lot of ground and someone with whom you can discuss the language at a reasonable level; otherwise it gets a bit frustrating."
Language
"If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger."
Sound
"I was totally into jazz in my teens."
Jazz
"My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient."
Favorite
"It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward."
Past
"What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe."
Guitar
"I actually think I play better now than I've ever played."
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