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"If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong."
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"To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong."
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"Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong."
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"Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?"
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"Everybody got it wrong. I said I was into porn again, not born again."
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"Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong."
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"Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong."
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"To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."
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"I feel very bad about getting things wrong."
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"Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous."
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"It is not altogether wrong to say that there is no such thing as a bad photograph - only less interesting, less relevant, less mysterious ones."
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"It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision."
Food
"People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story."
People
"I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow."
Will
"When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine."
First
"I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core."
Character
"I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design."
Art
"You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end."
Beginning
"In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you."
Work
"Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback."
Thought
"I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort."
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