"Writers learn their craft, above all, from the work of other writers. From reading."

-- Marie Arana

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“There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind.”
“Television, I would say, isn't an advertising medium. It's a selling medium.”
“There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.”
“Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it.”
“The Bible was so revolutionary and against all that came before it. It was a force for siding with the oppressed and a rebellion against hierarchical, ancient societies. Now it's institutionalized and all the life has been sucked out of it.”

Source : "Playground for the Perplexed". Interview with J.L. Sirisuk, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 5, 2015.
“Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly.”
“Let's pursue a walk with God so close that the spotlights of this world-be they for us or against us-are eclipsed by His enormous shadow cast on our path.”
“You have to believe in who you are and what difference you can make. You have to care about the urgency and the difference it will make to your community, and you have to, again, have confidence in the contribution that you can make. You believe, you care, you have confidence in the difference that you can make. And that's not to be egotistical, it's just to be confident.”

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