"I went to college to study drama where I discovered I had no talent and after a period of dropping out majored in cultural anthropology which of course meant more masks and dancing ... I studied what interested me and so I had to become a writer because my education had left me unsuited for a decent well-paying job."

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Source : "Intense Ornate". Amazon.co.uk interview, 1999.

Elizabeth Hand

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“War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.”
“Failure is inevitable; it happens all the time in a complex economy.”
“How wicked, my brothers, innocent milk must always seem to me now.”
“No freedom is secure if your property rights are not secure.”
“Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.”

Source : Interview with C. Trent Rosecrans, www.cbssports.com. July 8, 2012.
“Faith is the power to stand up to the madness and chaos of the physical world, while holding the position that nothing external has any authority over what heaven has in mind for you.”
“Through adversity we find our better self.”
“People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,'' and, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Oprah.'' And it's really nice, and a lot of people say, 'Is it a pain?' And I say 'No.' And it's not annoying.”

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