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"The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the world began to feel constricting. And there were other things I wanted to do, so I closed the series up and stopped it."
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"The world is the puzzle, itself; but it is always in principle."
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
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"I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly."
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"And, I think that is actually appropriate because I'm really not the world's best programmer, I think it's a good thing that I'm not touching the code."
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"They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion."
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"The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray."
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"What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true."
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"Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely?"
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"There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones."
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"Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses."
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"Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history."
History
"I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem."
People
"The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the world began to feel constricting. And there were other things I wanted to do, so I closed the series up and stopped it."
World
"Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun."
Fear
"I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30."
Age
"I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the other wasn't selling at all, editors would want me to do the ones that sold like Stephen King's. But they seem to be willing to let me pick what I want to do next."
Selling
"The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives, and who actually credit the book with helping them through a bad time. It's happened a few times in forty years."
Time
"The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet."
Loyalty
"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."
Creativity
"I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a puppet show or an opera is. I'm still interested in computer games as something I would like to work on someday."
Art
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