"That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution."

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"That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution."

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"It was fun. That was something I came to fairly late."

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"I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image."

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"People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief."

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"Every time another review comes out I let out a deep breath."

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"I wasn't involved, except to the degree that they sent me drafts of the script as the writer turned them in. They asked me at one point to write a memo about what I thought of it."

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"Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in."

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"I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude."

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"So it was scary, but that's how it goes. To my great delight, I discovered that it did all belong."

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