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My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.

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It isn’t like that at all. It may be more difficult now, and take longer than when I started to write, but there’s a great, empty warehouse out there looking for simple talent.
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Ive learned never to try and force words to come.
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I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities.
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If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.
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Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.
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A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.
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My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
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She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls.
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I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
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You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.
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Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.
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It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
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