"I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I'm not enjoying a story, the reader won't either."

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"I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I'm not enjoying a story, the reader won't either."

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"Higher consciousness means your self consciousness ceases to exist, you become the ocean of life and a part of the universe."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Where our attention goes, our mind and body go, too."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Awareness, Attention, Mind, Body, Focus

"There are two kinds of people in this world: those who follow the popular majority, and those who possess good sense. In other words, you can either let the crowd steer you right over a cliff, or you can stop to peer beyond the brink and see how a fall will likely end in tragedy."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"An insufficient level of awareness is indistinguishable from ignorance."

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Awareness, Ignorance, Knowledge, Perception

"If there is a wasp in the room, I'd like to be able to see it."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Awareness, Perception, Observation, Attention, Detail

"Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Awareness, Gratitude, Wisdom, Truth, Happiness

"Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Awareness, Future, Truth, Life, Power

"There are few things more destructive than thoughts believed without question."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

Awareness, Thought, Destruction, Belief, Mindset

"If there is anything you need in life that you haven't gotten, it is because you are yet to pay for it via the currency of time."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Do not just exist, be fully awake."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering."

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"Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do."

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"I don't have dry seasons, because I don't allow them."

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"Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry."

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"There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working."

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"If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't."

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"All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice."

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"Higher consciousness means your self consciousness ceases to exist, you become the ocean of life and a part of the universe."

"Where our attention goes, our mind and body go, too."

"There are two kinds of people in this world: those who follow the popular majority, and those who possess good sense. In other words, you can either let the crowd steer you right over a cliff, or you can stop to peer beyond the brink and see how a fall will likely end in tragedy."

"An insufficient level of awareness is indistinguishable from ignorance."

"If there is a wasp in the room, I'd like to be able to see it."

"Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly."

"Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing."

"There are few things more destructive than thoughts believed without question."

"If there is anything you need in life that you haven't gotten, it is because you are yet to pay for it via the currency of time."

"Do not just exist, be fully awake."

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"I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre."

"Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck."

"I don't consciously do anything to maintain a unique voice."

"It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering."

"Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do."

"I don't have dry seasons, because I don't allow them."

"Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry."

"There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working."

"If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't."

"All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice."