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I have a low taste for urban fantasy and paranormal romance.


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My single-minded aim is to give existence to fantasy.


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In a single lifetime, roughly from 1865 to 1930, one finds the pioneering and patterning works of modern fantasy, science fiction, children's literature and detective fiction, of modern adventure, mystery and romance.
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If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.


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There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.
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If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.


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Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors it's the purest way to tell a story. It's about creating images that tell a story and you don't need dialogue for that.
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I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
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I'm simply trying to tell the truth about human behaviour as I see it.


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I avoid any kind of organised trips as that's one of my bugbears.


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I grew up around writers, and there was always a romance to them. They were charming. They would tell their stories of what they were working on, over the table.
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The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.
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I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics.
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Romance is possible between two people at any age! I love feeling young and acting young as I age.


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Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth.
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I feel about romance the same way I do about a vocation; it's a calling.


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