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• Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.
• Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
• Boredom is my worst enemy. It's killed a lot of my friends, but it won't get me. When I get bored, I…
• The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed,…
• It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader.
• In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
• There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of…
• It's very difficult for a black man to get out of South-Central Los Angeles, and get out civilized....The only men I know…
• The value of a thing is what that thing will bring. -Legal Maxim
• I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could…
• Hopeless causes are the only ones worth fighting for. The fight for the taxpayer is the most hopeless of them all.
• Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless.

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