"In these litigious times, if you're a..." - Quote by Len Wein
In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you.
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“Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.”
“You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.”
“When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.”
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“The best way to lose a job is just not to care. When you do not care, it shows in everything you do.”
“I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and I said to myself, 'Hey, I'm a professional writer now.'”
“I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.”
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“There is ripe fruit over your head.”
“Innovation requires us to systematically identify changes that have already occurred in a business - in demographics, in values, in technology or science - and then to look at them as opportunities. It also requires something that is most difficult for existing companies to do: to abandon rather than defend yesterday.”
“The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.”