'It is with books as with men - a very small number play a great part; the rest are lost in the multitude.'
'The only reward to be expected from the cultivation of literature is contempt if one fails and and hatred if one succeeds.'
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'Don't use metaphors in fantasy; your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively -- but if so, they'll also take your magics and transformations figuratively. Either way, you're in trouble.'