"I want to be seen as a good storyteller. I'm a manipulator as well."
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"Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's mind."
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"I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind."
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"What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you."
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"I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K."
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"I put my soul into every book I write."
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"Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed to speak your mind unless you're black, or unless you're a terrorist, or unless you're an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things."
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"beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself."
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"History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead."
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"You know that feeling when you finish a final exam and you think, 'I never want to do that again'? Well I have the same feeling when I finish a novel. Each time I say, 'I think I may retire now' and then after six months the ideas start to churn again. I could never stop."
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