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"That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door."
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"The disciplined rule our world."

"Your expertise can elevate your impressions to bring you to an entirely new realm."

"Knowledge imparts a sense of authority. It will help you stand out and give you an edge over your competition."

"The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin."

"God gave us His spirit, for us to have the power and authority to uproot lawlessness and establish God's righteousness."
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"When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power."

"I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored."

"Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science."

"I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get."

"It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field."

"If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors."

"I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again."

"It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak."
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