I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
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Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.
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Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
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When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.
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