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		Completing any writing project, particularly a novel, is a daunting prospect. Many people become frozen by the prospect. Others keep waiting for the right time. Some wait for the spark of inspiration. Even experienced writers find it is easier to do anything other than actually write.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bob Mayer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Forsyth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Floyd Mayweather, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Hagman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natassia Malthe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zac Brown Band 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Caitlin Rose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold MacMillan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Watson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The deepest and most sincere feeling I get is when I meet an artist and they have that steel in their eyes and they have that fire and that passion and all they want is to be a star and to hear themselves on the radio. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				L.A. Reid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Ride 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't take 'no' for an answer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Augustus Hare 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of my poems either have historical sequences or other kinds of chronological grids where I'm locating myself in time. I like to feel oriented, and I like to orient the reader at the beginning of a poem. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Billy Collins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Parenthood can be very rewarding, but let's face it, so are margaritas at the adults-only pool. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jen Kirkman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Diana Wynne Jones' excellent book 'The Tough Guide to Fantasyland' is a compendium of the sort of lazy writing that has given fantasy fiction - especially the sub-section that features elves and dwarves and other Tolkienesque elements - a bad name. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jane Lindskold 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I spend a lot of time looking at rococo books. And almanacs used to be huge sellers - they were pretty much part of the fabric of life. I thought, this is bizarre, I'd love to buy a book like this, and there isn't one. So I thought, all right then, this could be fun. I'll write an almanac. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ben Schott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Completing any writing project, particularly a novel, is a daunting prospect. Many people become frozen by the prospect. Others keep waiting for the right time. Some wait for the spark of inspiration. Even experienced writers find it is easier to do anything other than actually write. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bob Mayer