"I read the best works of some of the best satirists, and indeed best writers from the beginning of the Victorian era to about the 1960s. If you want to be a blacksmith, you go and watch the blacksmith working, and you work out what the blacksmith does."

-- Terry Pratchett

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“People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.”
“If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.”

Source : Kathy Acker (1996). “Pussy, King of the Pirates”, Acker, Kathy
“There are people, radio talk show hosts, those kind of people, it's their job to only have one opinion, they can't tell you about their feelings. They have to go with what pays their bills.”

Source : "Danny Bonaduce on Anti-War Jane Fonda". "The Big Story With John Gibson", www.foxnews.com. January 29, 2007.
“A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers in Hollywood. They called, and I told them I had a novel in my drawer about a high school election that goes haywire. They asked to take a look, and my life changed pretty dramatically as a result.”
“My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.”
“Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose.”
“If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens.”
“My parents used to say faith wasn't something you could pretend about. It wasn't real unless it looked like faith and acted like faith.”

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