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It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.
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If I find I need guidance, I’ll ask.
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And if Time is anything akin to God, I suppose that Memory must be the Devil.
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Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.
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I read all the time. People ask, 'Do you read while you work?' And I say, 'I better.' I take two or…
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I don't plot the books out ahead of time, I don't plan them. I don't begin at the beginning and end at…
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Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases
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When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve of the…
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People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But…
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Hard to believe lightning can strike twice, but it surely did. The moment Caitriona Balfe came on screen, I sat up straight…
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I work late at night. I'm awake and nobody bothers me. It's quiet and things come and talk to me in the…
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Well, I can't remember not being able to read. I was told I could read by myself very well at the age…
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I don't look like someone who leans on a mantelpiece with a cocktail in my hand, you know.
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