"Even the most honest writer lets slip a word too many when he wants to round off a period."
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"Youth is an unpleasant period; for then it is not possible or not prudent to be productive in any sense whatsoever."
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"Literary fiction is kept alive by women. Women read more fiction, period."
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"There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful."
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"There was a period when I stopped talking so much, because I was just going through certain things. I just did the gigs and just stayed in, tried to stay away."
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"Most people who are writers go through periods when they can't write."
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"Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively."
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"I don't ascribe to any particular style or period."
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"The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any good companion, a pleasure to be with over a long period of time."
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