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"I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I could well have done. They seemed a bit extreme but I regarded myself as not quite ready."
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"A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity."

"I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I could well have done. They seemed a bit extreme but I regarded myself as not quite ready."

"My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness."

"In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young."

"Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse."

"Reading Stephen King's book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, drawn out mental enema."

"If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do something else. It's as simple as that."

"It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma and they must have hurt a child in a past life."
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"Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases."

"I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown."

"I am not a tree-hugger and I don't think mine is an extreme point of view."

"I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I could well have done. They seemed a bit extreme but I regarded myself as not quite ready."
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