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"Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician."
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"Not many abilities are inherent. Most are acquired through patient practice, and those that are inherent are enhanced and utilized through practice too."

"I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill."

"I worked with such concentration and focus and I had hundreds of obscure engineering or programming things in my head. I was just real exceptional in that way."

"The writer identifies the thought behind every written word."

"There's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another cash bracket."

"To cut and tighten sentences is the secret of mastery."

"You can read in the space of a coffin, and you can write in the space of a toolshed meant for mowers and spades."

"You are working up to Mr. Fantastic Fiction levels of Zombie Expert, which is like playing Guitar Hero on some level that actually melts the guitar controller, burning your fingers with searing hot plastic till you scream in pain. Only with words. And zombies."

"The skilled artisan uses the same iron to make a horseshoeAs he does for a polished mirror for the King."
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