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" Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes. "
Eyes
Right
Mistakes
" A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. "
He
Friendship
Friend
" A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not. "
Someone
Matter
Buying
" I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips. "
Fire
Always
Rays
" I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design. "
Class
Art
College
" If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong. "
Wrong
Finish
Tells
" I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw. "
Never
Thought
Writing
" I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point. "
Point
Crazy
Hate
" I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me. "
Creating
Me
New York
" In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home. "
Single
Your
Halfway
" In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you. "
You
Work
Beginner
" I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort. "
Best
My Own
Effort
" It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on. "
You
Depends
Desk
" I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past. "
Mess
Go
Back
" I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow. "
Leave
Will
Me
" I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core. "
Try
Find
Her
" It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision. "
Working
Follow
Food
" I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I feel my way along as I go, hoping I'll get to the place I intend to reach. "
Way
Feel
Myself
" I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt. "
Who
Years
Editors
" I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important. "
Thought
Difference
Down
" I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked. "
Me
Keep
Hospital
" I would like immortality. "
Immortality
Would
Like
" Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff. "
Lord
Think
Far
" Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback. "
You
Thought
Positive
" When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes. "
Own
Difference
Changes
" You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end. "
You
Beginning
Tell
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