If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all.
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The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of a somewhat fanatical desire to avoid the risk of unconscious imitation.Leslie Charteris
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Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue.
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He believes in romance. He isn't merely going through the mechanical movements of a man in an exciting situation. He is, vitally and positively squeezing the last drop of delight from living the best life he knows in the best way he can.
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For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rule. It's distressing, but there you are.
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The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.
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