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"During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions."
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"Yet magic is no more the art of employing consciously invisible means to produce visible effects. Will, love, and imagination are magic powers that everyone possesses; and whoever knows how to develop them to their fullest extent is a magician. Magic has but one dogma, namely, that the seen is the measure of the unseen."

"She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then not using magic can give them what they need."

"Those who deal in magic learn to see the world in a slightly differnt light than everybody else.you gain a perspective you had considered before. A way of thinking that would never have occurred to you with out exposure to the things a wizard sees and hears.When you look in to some ones eyes you see them in that other light and for just a second they see you in the same way."

"Most magick I have experienced can be written off as a stew of psychology and coincidence, and I truly believe this is where magick is best worked."

"There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond."

"The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany."
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"Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment."

"I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre."

"If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer."

"It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself."

"The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong."

"It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow."
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