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"When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes."
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"The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read."
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"You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task."
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"Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference."
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"The value of an item - in the mind of a consumer - is simply the difference between the anticipated price and the price on the tag."
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"I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference."
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"The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious."
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"I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there."
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"Colour does not make so much difference. Look at the Bach Chaconne: There is not one dynamic mark in the whole Bach Chaconne. Colours do not make so much difference."
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"There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad."
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"They hate you not because of what you have done but because of who you are; you are different from who they are, and you are occupying the ground they want for themselves."
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"It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision."
Food
"People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story."
People
"A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."
Friendship
"I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow."
Will
"Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title."
Concern
"When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics."
Job
"When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine."
First
"I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core."
Character
"I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design."
Art
"You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end."
Beginning
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