It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

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My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also...

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also...

Memory feeds imagination.

Memory feeds imagination.

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the...

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the...

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not...

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not...

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should...

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should...

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case,...

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case,...

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a...

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a...

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I...

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I...

I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You...

I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You...

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from...

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from...

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

How can you shoot for the stars if you're never look at them?

How can you shoot for the stars if you're never look at them?

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to...

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to...