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"It's a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow."
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"Stop confusing poor decision-making with destiny. Take accountability. Wanting, praying, hoping, and wishing for change isn't enough. Desire doesn't changes lives; BEHAVIOR does."
"I am accountable for every lie that I tell, but I am also accountable for the effects of every harsh truth I deliver."
"It's none of your concern what others say or think about you. Your happiness is your own responsibility."
"Waiting is often a decision not to accept responsibility and is one of the reasons why some people never reach their potential."
"What you inherit from your fathermust first be earned before it's yours."
"Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do."
"We have the right and the responsibility to be intolerant of those things which should not be tolerated."
"A circumstance is not easy to come by and when it does, there are causes behind it. Therefore I do those things which bring an end to all the causes."
"If one takes responsibility for the mistakes, he is the true person, isn't it? Do not insist. Instead of insisting, instead of blaming others, take the responsibility of the mistakes on your head!"
"All this has been created from self-fault and self-imagination!"
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"I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries."
"The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town."
"It's a discovery of a story when I write a book, a case of inching ahead on each page and discovering what's beyond in the darkness, beyond where you're writing."
"Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light."
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