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" I think like a detective. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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" Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book. "

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" I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies. "

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" My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people. "

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" Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. "

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" If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself. "

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" I guess, what I'm saying is that when I've been this surprised by my own characters and world, all bets are off. "

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" You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does. "

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" I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually. "

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" I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. "

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" You give the reader a sense of a full meal. "

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" My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail. "

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" I like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm getting more attention than I quite know what to do with, though. "

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" If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder. "

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" Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others. "

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" Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read, what I like to write. "

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" One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane. "

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" I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't. "

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" I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes. "

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" What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. "

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" By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips. "

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" I am not a morning person. "

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" Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

" When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I? "

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" You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

" I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice. "

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" For me the Anita series is built like a mystery series, which means that as much as possible each book stands alone, so you have a mystery to solve from the beginning to the end of the book. "

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" I wasn't like most girls. "

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" I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write. "

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" I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else. "

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