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I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.


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The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.

The movers and shakers have always been obsessive nuts.



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You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one.



Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.



Writing is a communication.

Writing is a communication.



Ninety percent of everything is crap.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.



Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?

Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?



Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud.

Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud.



The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.



I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do.

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do.



Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that's performing the logic.

Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that's performing the logic.





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