Eric Flint Quotes
Poul Anderson's 'The High Crusade' may have had a greater impact on my development as a writer than any other book I ever read.
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A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.
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To me, a bag in a tree is like a flag of chaos, and when I remove it, I'm capturing the flag of the other side. In the end, it doesn't matter how ironic or serious or even effective on a larger scale bag snagging may be.
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One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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As a boy soprano in the high school choir, I later sang a solo during the carol service at Canterbury Cathedral, but I was too young to secure the Freddy Eynsford-Hill role in our production of 'My Fair Lady' - and far too timid to have thought to audition for it.
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I have one. I may get another during the off-season, I might get my son's name but I'm not sure yet. The one I have is my Hebrew name, which I share with my grandfather, and it's not the best tattoo.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.
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In the biographical novel, there's only one person involved. I, the author, spend two to five years becoming the main character. I do that so by the time you get to the bottom of Page 2 or 3, you forget your name, where you live, your profession and the year it is. You become the main character of the book. You live the book.
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I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water.
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Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.
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It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
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O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
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If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.
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The issue of doing an adaptation of a book is the theater of the mind, and so you always face that.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
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Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
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People tell me they laughed hard enough to wake their spouses, that they've given away numerous copies to friends, and that it's the one Trek book they'll give to people they wouldn't expect to like others.
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I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me a lot.
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I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.
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As long as I don't have to go back to the catering hall and wait tables anymore, I'm very happy.
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Following the sexual revolution of the Sixties, dating has become a form of Russian roulette. Some girls have traditional religious values and mean to remain virgins until marriage. Others are leery of AIDS, unsure of what they want, but can be convinced. For others, anything goes: they’ll jump into bed on the first date. What’s a guy to do?
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Poul Anderson's 'The High Crusade' may have had a greater impact on my development as a writer than any other book I ever read.
