"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."

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"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."

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"I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex."

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"I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage."

Being

"Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to."

Life

"I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need."

Religion

"I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom."

Freedom

"Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims."

People

"But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible."

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"I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start."

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