I guess you have to be a little arrogant to be a writer. I decided early on that … - Roger Zelazny

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Roger Zelazny

I guess you have to be a little arrogant to be a writer. I decided early on that just because a lot of other writers were bothered by getting bad reviews didn't really mean that the things were particularly important. By the same token, the good ones didn't mean all that much either. So I just forget about reviews and I wrote what I wanted.

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I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.

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Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when you don't want them to.

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The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.

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The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.

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I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something--or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip.

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