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Vote:   | Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect. |
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Vote: | History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all. |
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Vote: | I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc. |
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Vote: | I am very fearful of repeating myself, of getting into ruts. It's one thing to have recurring themes, where a writer is trying to get at the same subject from different angles. It's another matter for it to turn into a kind of franchise. |
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Vote: | I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or "convulsive" beauty -- beauty in the service of liberty. |
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Vote: | I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary. |
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Vote: | I played Dungeon & Dragons for about four months when I was in fifth grade. I thought I loved the game, but I actually loved the process of invention behind the game -- which is the real reason I wanted to be a dungeon master: I wanted to write out the adventures. |
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Vote: | So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine. |