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Being right wasn't nearly as important as doing right.
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The way you get better is putting words on the page and getting them behind you.
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But listen up Alex Rider.
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For the first-time novelist you've got to get up at 5:30 in the morning and write until 7, make breakfast and go to work. Or, come home and work for an hour. Everybody has an hour in their day somewhere.
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My favorite novel is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because of its broad sweep, its tackling of big issues in ways that even young minds can make sense of and for the heart of the characters, who span a wide range of ages. I reread it every year.
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Okay, so let's run faster.
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So planning something big." "If this is the work of the Overtakers, we've never seen anything like it." "It is," a voice said behind them. Maybeck slipped in alongside of them. "You about scared the pee out of me!" Charlene complained.
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You will leave now," said Grdankl the Strong. "Go! Do not be afraid! If you die, it is okay!
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Especially with four insanely angry, sword-carrying pirates bearing down on you, followed closely by an alien with a genetic malfunction that posed like Elvis Presley and looked slightly like a cross between a koala and a cuddly dog.
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I'm a big girl, Finn.
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I... do... not... do... lightning.
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Smee, you are a supreme idjit." "Aye, Cap'n.