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"I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are."
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"I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence."
Life
"I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer."
Books
"You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset."
Censorship
"My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus."
People
"I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are."
Mind
"The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile."
Time
"All the stories I'll ever need are right here on Main Street."
Story
"There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55."
Reading
"Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there."
Family
"I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper."
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"Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism."
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Personal Development
"Do not change your clothes, change your thoughts."
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Personal Development
"The good part about having a mental disorder is having a valid reason for all the stupid things we do because of a damaged prefrontal cortex. However, the best part is seeing someone completely sane do the exact same things, without a valid excuse. This is the great equalizer of God and his little gift for all us crazy people to enjoy."
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Personal Development
"The mind is the treasury for knowledge, but the heart is the treasury for love and kindness."
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Personal Development
"The sky is not the limit, but my thoughts are."
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Personal Development
"Mind is indeed that which takes one to Moksha, and it is also the mind that makes one wander around in the worldly life. One needs to just turn it in the right direction. It had been turned in the wrong direction, and so it needs to be turned in the right direction."
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Personal Development
"Become an observer of your mind, not its slave."
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Personal Development
"Once the powers of the mind are concentrated and turned back upon itself, as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating rays of the sun, so would the concentrated mind penetrate its own innermost secrets."
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Personal Development
"Thoughts might not be solid and always obtainable, but they become your reality when emotions are attached to them. Over time, they become your wants and form an attachment to your behavior."
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Personal Development
"If your mind is loaded with many burdens, you will not feel yourself empty even in an empty place!"
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Personal Development
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