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B. C. Forbes

"The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated."

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"The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated."

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"Writing. Is it a way to be remembered,or a need to become immortal?"

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"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine."

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"Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets."

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"And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it."

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"I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it."

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"As a rule of thumb, four consecutive lines of dialogue is about as much as you want to have without a tag."

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"In the middle section of the book Mirabelle breaks into not one, but two houses near Belgravia Books. I had fun scoping these out - checking which windows looked least secure and figuring out how to scale the mews houses to the rear to get her inside. A man came out at one point, 'What are you doing?' he questioned me. 'The thing is, I'm writing a book,' I started with a smile. He waved me off, his hand as wide as a tennis racket. 'Everyone is writing a book, my dear,' he said. Between you and I, it's his house that MIrabelle ends up breaking into."

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"One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing."

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"It is the most fun I'm ever going to have. I love to write. I love it. I mean, there's nothing in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because I'm so very bad at it. It's the greatest peace when I'm in a scene, and it's just me and the character, that's it, that's where I want to live my life."

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"The purpose of a writer is to show the beauty and tragedy of life in the reader's own mirror."

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