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"It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating."
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"The number one skill in life is not giving up."
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"Giving up isn't a deed. It is 'discontinuity' of a deed."
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"The third level of prayer, which is much more serious is knocking."
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"Don't give up searching."
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"Persistence is the source of great strength."
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"A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond."
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"To pray is to make petition."
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"Take the broken pieces of your life, bake a master cake out of it. Don't stand still like a lake; keep flowing like a stream!"
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"If you want a fried fish to fly and enter your mouth, you must keep waiting till the unending time ends. Dead fish doesn't fly. If you want to eat it, your own hands must carry it."
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"They say it's impossible.I refuse to believe it. The journey may be difficult and the desired end unlikely. My patience and commitment may be tested by something that won't happen overnight. It may be that I veer off the path or quit before reaching my goal, but that doesn't mean it is impossible."
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"The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are."
Publishing
"I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book."
Thought
"I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses."
Life
"People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each other a lot more."
People
"Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed."
Money
"In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women."
Man
"I live and die with the Chicago Cubs."
Identity
"White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America."
Crime
"Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior."
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"Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel."
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