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

Laurell K. Hamilton

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" I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others. "

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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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" Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" I am not a morning person. "

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" 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. "

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" 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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" 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. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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

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" Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks. "

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

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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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" I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers. "

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" Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

" I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

" 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. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

" Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. "

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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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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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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