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"I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore."
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"My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall."
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"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."
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"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."
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"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."
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"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."
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"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."
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"A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you."
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"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."
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"I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood."
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"I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it."
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"My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago."
Now
"I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too."
Change
"On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up."
People
"Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own."
Connection
"What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly."
Want
"For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time."
Time
"I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books."
Books
"When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment."
Imagination
"Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination."
Imagination
"Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go live it for an afternoon."
Imagination
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