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"I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a book coming out when it's supposed to."

"You think you know her. Just wait and see the change. I'll have her trained in no time."

"But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them."
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"Yeah, Hitman I suppose is most of the time a lighter read than Preacher; it was always going to be."
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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."

"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."

"If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas."
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