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But I Too Hate Long Books: The Better, The Worse. If They're Bad They Merely Make Me Pant With The Effort Of Holding Them Up For A Few Minutes. But If They're Good, I Turn Into A Social Moron For Days, Refusing To Go Out Of My Room, Scowling And Growling At Interruptions, Ignoring Weddings And Funerals, And Making Enemies Out Of Friends. I Still Bear The Scars Of Middlemarch.

I Don't Pick And Choose Subjects Or Settings; They Pick And Choose Me.

For A Writer, Obsession Is A Good Substitute For Self-discipline.

Think Of Many Things. Never Place Your Happiness In One Person's Power. Be Just To Yourself.

You Get Your Inspiration - Suggestions - Wherever You Have To, Even From Your Mother.