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I've always taken that as my guiding principle and the rest is just set dressing. You can have dragons in it, or aliens and starships,…

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The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.
She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.
The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ...…
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end…
I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I…
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we…
In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards,…
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not…
I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other…
From where I sit, battles are hard. I've written my share. Sometimes I employ the private's viewpoint, very up close and personal,…
Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution that is…
We're setting up mechanisms where we can kill human beings with drones and missiles where you're sitting at a console and pressing…

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One of my guiding principles is don't do anything that other people are doing. Always do something a little different if you… — Seymour Cray
I've always taken that as my guiding principle and the rest is just set dressing. You can have dragons in it, or… — George R. R. Martin
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The pain is what you make of it. You have to find something in it that yields. I understood my guiding imperative… — Leslie Jamison
You're the first, the last, and my everything and the answer to all my dreams. You're my sun, my moon, my guiding… — Barry White
When I grew up in the early '90s, the new World Wide Web felt like a gimmick, and I had no idea… — Tony D'Souza
I have devoted myself to architecture as a sublime act of poetic imagination. Consequently, I am only a symbol for all those… — Luis Barragan
My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game. — Julia Gillard
My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted. — Franz Kafka
My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring. — Prince William
Some time ago," he said, "--how long it seems! -- I remember saying to a young friend of mine of the name… — P.G. Wodehouse
The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards, but we have to play those… — John Gokongwei

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