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Let Me Tell You Something You Haven't Learned Yet, Something You Learn Only By Living Awhile. As You Get Older, You Find That Life Begins To Wear You Down. Doesn't Matter Who You Are Or What You Do, It Happens. Experience, Time, Events - They All Conspire Against You To Steal Away Your Energy, To Erode Your Confidence, To Make You Question Things You Wouldn't Have Given A Second Thought To When You Were Young. It Happens Gradually, A Chipping Away That You Don't Even Notice At First, And Then One Day It's There. You Wake Up And You Just Don't Have The Fire Anymore." He Smiled.

You Can Get Away With Breaking All Of The Other Rules At Least Once In A While, But You Can't Get Away With Breaking This One. Readers Will Accept Almost Anything From You If You Don't Make Them Feel They Have Wasted Their Time And Money. Remember, You Can Bore Readers In A Lot Of Different Ways. It Doesn't Necessarily Take A Dearth Of Action; Too Much Action Can Get You The Same Result. Everything In Writing, Like In Life, Requires Balance.

What I Want To Write About Has Changed Somewhat, And The Scope Of The Storytelling Has Changed Accordingly.

We Must Nurture And Love, If Life Is To Have Any Real Meaning. But First We Must Find A Way To Survive Against The Things That Prevent Us From Doing So.

I Cannot Imagine Life Without Books Any More Than I Can Imagine Life Without Breathing.