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What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
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You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.
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Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.
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In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.
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Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
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