"For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it."

-- Lois McMaster Bujold

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Planning Quotes

“If you're not serving the customer, your job is to be serving someone who is.”
“I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.”
“When I look at the women, it's from a male gaze of being fascinated, because beyond my mother, I've been around notorious women all of my life, and then, secondly, when I look at women and try and create fictional stories around them.”
“When I consider the multitude of associated forces which are diffused through nature - when I think of that calm balancing of their energies which enables those most powerful in themselves, most destructive to the world's creatures and economy, to dwell associated together and be made subservient to the wants of creation, I rise from the contemplation more than ever impressed with the wisdom, the beneficence, and grandeur, beyond our language to express, of the Great Disposer of us all.”
“In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on”
“I am not sorry for my crime.”
“A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.”
“When you're in the world looking for only one thing, you find it or it finds you. The obsession can be mutual”

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