“Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it.”
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English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to have some natural ability you can't buy it no one puts it there you're born with it.
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Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.
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Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.
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I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish.
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My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.
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