As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was in my twenties. I encountered a man who later became the president of the American Society of Medical Hypnosis. He couldn't hypnotize me.

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Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.

Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.

When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've...

When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've...

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage...

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage...

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert...

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert...

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's...

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's...

Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which...

Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which...

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done.

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two...

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two...

For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had...

For years, I thought I simply didn't dream. I felt left out. Everybody else had...

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point...

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point...

It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene...

It should consist of short, sharply focused sentences, each of which is a whole scene...

You have to study your field and you have to find out how other people...

You have to study your field and you have to find out how other people...

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so...

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so...

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you...

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you...

I learned how to live on five and sometimes ten dollars a week.

I learned how to live on five and sometimes ten dollars a week.

The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a...

The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a...