None of great sages of China preached the precept of love as a guideline for human behavior. - James Thayer

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I think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get.

James Thayer

None of great sages of China preached the precept of love as a guideline for human behavior.

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On opening sentences: "If in the first chapter a hurricane is going to blow down an oak tree which falls through the kitchen roof, there's no need to first describe the kitchen. "

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I need time to develop the idea into a plot before I talk about it.

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My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.

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I've never discovered the idea for my next novel while I was still working on the current novel. Other writers don't suffer this.

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I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels simultaneously, and produced a million words a year. I'm envious.

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I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job.

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I have absolutely no objection to growing older. I am a stroke survivor so I am extremely grateful to be ageing - I have nothing but gratitude for the passing years. I am ageing - lucky, lucky me!

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Robert Browning

Is your love for the Lord sufficient to give all your time and talents to his work?

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Tony Abbott

I think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get.

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Maureen Chiquet

These qualities - things like deep listening, collaboration, flexibility, tapping into our emotions - seem to me to be the kinds of qualities that are intrinsic to women. I think that's the thing I'm most excited about: continuing to promote women in the workplace.

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