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		There is no 'ultimate goal of therapy.' Thinking there is some ultimate or universal goal of therapy is one of the most fundamental errors of our field. To me, that concept is rather arrogant, as if therapists were some kind of spiritual experts who knew what human beings are supposed to be like.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David D. Burns 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Your agent should be invested in the success of your book past the contract stage. After all, if it sells well, she's going to be getting 15 percent of every dime you make. She can be your best advocate in fighting for your book - not just with editing and the cover, but with marketing and sales as well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M. J. Rose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				G. Willow Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor Hugo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Foster Friess 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harlan Coben 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Bernstein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Allston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victoria Clark 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My idea for 'BoneMan's Daughters' came from the loss of my own daughter when she left home to live with a monster at age 18. I wanted to throttle the man, but she was in love, so all I could do was hope, pray and cry. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Dekker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. L. Mencken