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Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practiced it. (John Scalzi)
When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else. View quote
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Don't discount that part of who he was just because you didn't know it. None of us are all of who we are to any one person. View quote
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You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well. View quote
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It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her at all the places where she was alive. View quote
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I don't keep a Bucket List. I'm open to anything. View quote
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People imagine that there are rituals, like lighting candles or sacrificing chickens. They really just want to know what the magic formula is for writing. I inevitably disappoint them by saying you just put your butt in the chair, and you write 500 words a day, and then you get up and repeat it the next morning. View quote
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Many of the writers who have inspired me most are outside the genre: Humorists like Robert Benchley and James Thurber, screenwriters like Ben Hecht and William Goldman, and journalists/columnists like H.L. Mencken, Mike Royko and Molly Ivins. View quote
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In general there should be gay characters in YA because a) surprise, there are gay folks everywhere and b) in my opinion as a father, there's not a damn thing wrong with my child encountering gay folks in her literature, because see point a). View quote
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For as much as I hate the cemetery, I've been grateful it's here, too. I miss my wife. It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her in all the places where she was alive. View quote
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I can describe to you the taste of government cheese. (John Scalzi)
Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; it's a privately owned space on the Internet. View quote
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People are worried about their bodies. They're worried about disease. They're worried about how they are able to get out and participate in the world. View quote
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The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out. View quote
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I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture. View quote
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Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives. View quote
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Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level. View quote
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I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army. View quote
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I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche. View quote
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