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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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"When some give you advice, say 'thank you'. Then, you must seek the quietness of your spirit for a reflection and direction."

"To have something does not mean to understand it."

"People with victim mentality attracts people in their lives that tease them, abuse them and even bully them instead of building mutually benefitting relationships."

"The desire to get money through jobs enslaves us."

"For god sake, open your eyes...the truth is crimes are real... the trouble is real... the horror is real... OPEN THE FUCKING EYES, you have freedom of speech, freedom do go to jail... My favourite characters are this in the jail!If you ask me with what I will open my eyes, my answer is with the critical edition The Leuchter Reports: Critical Editionby Fred A. Leuchter, The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, The Common Sense by Thomas Paine."

"It is an unnecessary burden to make negative judgmental assumptions about others. We are all on a journey."

"It's like we are having a harvest of destruction in our nations, continent and world today, all because of ignorance."
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"It was a lot of fun, and writing a series is comfortable. It's almost like having a secure job."

"I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing."

"Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience."

"I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured out about her that's news and that's worth a reader's time."

"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."

"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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