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Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks.


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Cause if you shoot a bullet someone dies. If you drop a bomb many die. You hit a woman, love dies. But if you say the F-word... nothing actually happens.

Cause if you shoot a bullet someone dies. If you drop a bomb many die. You hit a woman, love dies. But if you say the F-word... nothing actually happens.



It seems to me there's so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe, if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamt of.

It seems to me there's so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe, if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamt of.



No one likes it, apart from blind people, and I'm sure even they can sense it's profound ugliness as it passes by.

No one likes it, apart from blind people, and I'm sure even they can sense it's profound ugliness as it passes by.



We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!

We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!



You see, that's the whole point of being in government. If you don't like something you simply make up a law that makes it illegal.

You see, that's the whole point of being in government. If you don't like something you simply make up a law that makes it illegal.



Except for a few small presses, most publishers are north of Ground Zero.

Except for a few small presses, most publishers are north of Ground Zero.



Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe.

Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe.



I gave you three proofs of witchcraft. A cat that drinks blood! A horse that talks! And a man who propagates POODLES!

I gave you three proofs of witchcraft. A cat that drinks blood! A horse that talks! And a man who propagates POODLES!



I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so naive as to believe that a book will make it merely because it's good.

I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so naive as to believe that a book will make it merely because it's good.



The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.





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If you have to worry about a man, he's not worth worrying about.



Do not open that door until I'm in my room. I may be old and losing my hair, but I still want to look nice for a handsome man.

Do not open that door until I'm in my room. I may be old and losing my hair, but I still want to look nice for a handsome man.



In solitude when we are least alone.

In solitude when we are least alone.



We need to make sure we have secure borders.

We need to make sure we have secure borders.



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Touring for two years is excruciating.



It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.

It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.



When you are caught in the heavy rains of anger, open the umbrella of mind, take refuge under the roof of reason!

When you are caught in the heavy rains of anger, open the umbrella of mind, take refuge under the roof of reason!



I've always felt that a space is as good as a fill.

I've always felt that a space is as good as a fill.



I say I don't believe in love, but that's not really true - love is just the name of an emotion. It's like on steroids. It's lust with ethics.

I say I don't believe in love, but that's not really true - love is just the name of an emotion. It's like on steroids. It's lust with ethics.



You can only give your heart away once, after that, everything else will chase your first love

You can only give your heart away once, after that, everything else will chase your first love




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