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"Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes."
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"How can the thoughts be stopped? Tell the thoughts, 'You take care of your own issues; I am not on your side.' That way you will sit on God's side."

"Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we're on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track."

"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him."

"Those 'back burner' thoughts, the ones the brain isn't quite sure about yet, may cook the slowest yet they often manage to be the tastiest when they come out."

"The survival of poor opinions can make a thinker feel as though he is failing humanity."
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"Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes."

"I've been a writer for 42 years and, yes, it is a full time job for me. Not a hobby, but serious work."

"I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what I just wrote and start a dialectical process where I begin challenging my own writing."

"To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only."

"I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they arise at 6:00 a.m., do some sort of exercise, eat breakfast and then sit down and produce words for a three to four hour period."
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