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> [There's no "magic secret"; writing is like everything else; ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence; keeping at it till you get there. As Agnes de Mille said, it means working every day—bored, tired, weary, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/there-s-no-magic-secret-writing-is-like-everything-else-ten-percent/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

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## More by Marion Zimmer Bradley

> [I do tend to lose track since the kids are out of school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/i-do-tend-to-lose-track-since-the-kids-are-out-of-school/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“this is the great secret, which was known to all educated men in our day: that by what men think, we create the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/this-is-the-great-secret-which-was-known-to-all-educated-men-in-our/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“He was guarded behind a hundred fences of reserve and anger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/he-was-guarded-behind-a-hundred-fences-of-reserve-and-anger/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“My love for you is a prayer, she thought. Love is the only prayer I know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/my-love-for-you-is-a-prayer-she-thought-love-is-the-only-prayer-i-know/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“It is hardly lonely in a nunnery, son, with other women. And God is there." Morgause said, "I would rather dwell in a hermitage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/it-is-hardly-lonely-in-a-nunnery-son-with-other-women-and-god-is/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“Customs have no reason; they simply are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/customs-have-no-reason-they-simply-are/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“Beat me instead," she cried, "It's not Darren's fault! I lost her, I let her go--I cannot be free, I must be chained inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/beat-me-instead-she-cried-it-s-not-darren-s-fault-i-lost-her-i-let/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“For this is the thing the priests do not know, with their One God and One Truth; that there is no such thing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/for-this-is-the-thing-the-priests-do-not-know-with-their-one-god-and/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [I have neither talent or taste for kingship, cousin. I am a warrior, and to dwell always in one place and live at court…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/i-have-neither-talent-or-taste-for-kingship-cousin-i-am-a-warrior-and/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [Fear is a way of not allowing yourself to choose freely what you will do next; a way of letting your body's reflexes, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/fear-is-a-way-of-not-allowing-yourself-to-choose-freely-what-you-will/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“But I am Niniane of Avalon, and I account to no man on this earth for what I do with what is mine --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/but-i-am-niniane-of-avalon-and-i-account-to-no-man-on-this-earth-for/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“ They set down all their knowledge on bits of leather or waxed wood or tablets of stone and think that is wisdom. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/they-set-down-all-their-knowledge-on-bits-of-leather-or-waxed-wood-or/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [“ghosts. He had learned a little of the history of Halyn House”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/ghosts-he-had-learned-a-little-of-the-history-of-halyn-house/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [And I must believe that man has the power to know the right, to choose between good and evil and know that his choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/and-i-must-believe-that-man-has-the-power-to-know-the-right-to-choose/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

> [Arthur, their young king, like a hero out of legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-zimmer-bradley/arthur-their-young-king-like-a-hero-out-of-legend/)

[Marion Zimmer Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-zimmer-bradley/)

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