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No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevi

No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isnt yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. – Roddy Doyle

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When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself – am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do. – Roddy Doyle

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Schools dont really allow failure and yet its a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. – Roddy Doyle

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Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. – Rita Mae Brown

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You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination – at the same time, you want to be truthful to the predecessors, because obviously the audience liked something about them and you have to replicate that experience to a certain extent. – Renny Harlin

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At times I experience hardship in trying to find the proper point of balance between traditional things and my own personality. – Princess Masako

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Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character youre playing through your own experience – so were all different. – Ian Mckellen

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Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old. – Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1711

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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. – Iain Banks

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