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“All fiction, whether straight or genre, whether literature or Literature, is a personal reinterpretation of its writers’ existence during the time the fiction was written.”
― William Gibson, Neuromancer

“Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge

“Once you've visited the underworld, you never forget the way back.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

“The person at the other end is answering questions from a person she has never met and about whom she knows nothing. Good manners from you will certainly elicit a more complete response than a threatening or superior attitude.”
― Nancy O'Meara, The Cult around the Corner: A Handbook on Dealing with Other People's Religions