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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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“I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective, because I think Americans tend to be some of the most ethnocentric people on the planet. It's not just Americans, it's the big countries. It's the biggest countries that tend to be ethnocentric or ugly. There are ugly Russians, ugly Germans, ugly Japanese and ugly Americans. You don't find ugly Belgians or ugly Bulgarians, they're just too small to think the world is their norm.”
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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
I wish you all very good lives.”
― Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
I wish you all very good lives.”
― Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
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