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"Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets."
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"Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations."
Travel
"I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face."
Internet
"Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore."
Conscience
"I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it."
Television
"What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness."
Happiness
"Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine."
Work
"I volunteered for this life, wanted it and am not going to bitch about it now that I've got it."
Life
"So far it's 43 books in 25 years."
Books
"Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets."
Winning
"One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive."
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"One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards."
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Personal Development
"Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility."
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"They baffle me where they go with the storylines... we used to be a Golden Globe winning show."
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Personal Development
"Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that, I think CBS and Mary Mapes and Dan Rather and all of us had a very good chance of winning. So this is an ongoing battle about an issue of principle."
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Personal Development
"Winning is everything in Hollywood."
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Personal Development
"The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches."
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Personal Development
"It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game."
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Personal Development
"Winning tastes good."
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Personal Development
"The biggest thrill wasn't in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday."
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Personal Development
"Losing feels worse than winning feels good."
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