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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

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A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
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Art Magic Mathematics Mystery Science Work
I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning. Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it’s always nice to know where you’re going is my theory.
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Beginning Book End Myself Theory Writing
Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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Imagination Key Open Terrorism Walk
You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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Blame Character Talk Writing
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Confidence Yourself
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.
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Greatness Happiness Music Myself Word Writing
I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Care Myself Opinion True
There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Failure Flavor Inspirational Motivational Perspective Success
The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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Law Live Problem Protection
I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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Future Myself Past Talk
It’s a very excruciating life facing that blank piece of paper every day and having to reach up somewhere into the clouds and bring something down out of them.
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Life Paper Pieces Reach Tired
We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
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Leaving Sky Time Understand
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
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Act Bad Goodness Life Play Writing
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That’s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
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Conversation Goodness Intelligence Scarcity Talk
The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love, having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface.
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