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" Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. "

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" But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do. "

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" Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. "

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" The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. "

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" The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet. "

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" No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside. "

" God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live. "

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" Fiction is the truth inside the lie. "

" We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. "

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