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" Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Creative
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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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Think
Movies
" I think like a detective. "
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Think
Detective
Like
" By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips. "
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Collecting
First
" 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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" 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'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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Fun
Lost
People
" 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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Alone
Mystery
Beginning
" What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. "
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Stay
Vegas
New
" I am not a morning person. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Person
Morning
I Am
" What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why. "
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Most
Like
Why
" Nothing wrong with making money or doing what you need to do to sell, but I think it shows when you're writing something to pay the bills and when you're writing something because it's really your version of the world. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Think
Writing
Doing
" Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks. "
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People
Understand
True
" I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Paper
Horror
Words
" If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself. "
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People
Wanted
Write
" I wasn't like most girls. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Like
Most
" 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
Mythology
Culture
Monsters
" It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Strong
Reality
Be Strong
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Myself
Horror
Dream
" I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Time
Worry
New
" 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? "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Sex
Shy
Book
" You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
You
Fan
Assassin
" Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Good
Balance
Evil
" I went to Marion College for writing and I was kicked out of the writing school. I was asked to leave the writing program because I was corrupting the other students. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
College
Students
School
" I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Writing
Believe In Yourself
Yourself
" Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. "
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Go
You
Here
" I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Help
You
Blessed
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Never
Magic
Like
" You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. "
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Your
Head
Either
" The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy. "
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Country
American
Nation
" 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. "
Laurell K. Hamilton
Surprise
Friends
Me