American - Author | January 11, 1952 -
If you're going to have more than one person read your book, they're going to have totally different opinions and responses. No person - no two people - read the same book.
Diana Gabaldon
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I have friends who are writers who have had movies made of their books, and they are almost uniformly horrified about what's been done - or, at least, dissatisfied.
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When I am at home writing, I have all the power. I am God. But TV is a polytheistic universe.
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I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.
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I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits and go upstairs. By the time I've consumed my Diet Coke and had a quick run through the morning email and Twitter feed, I will probably be compos mentis enough to work.
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One of the great perks of being a writer is that you can work when you're mentally capable of it, not when someone else thinks you should.
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Mid-afternoon, I'll go out and do the household errands, come home, do my gardening, go for an evening walk.
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For months, people have been asking my views about the Scottish independence referendum, and I've been saying, 'It's not my country; I don't live here. Much as I love Scotland, I think it would be inappropriate to express a personal opinion regarding Scottish politics'.
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It's important to remember that the Jacobite Risings of the 18th century constituted a religious civil war, not a nationalistic movement.
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It's worth noting that at the time of the American Revolution, no sane person would have given two cents for its success.
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Three of the principal cast members of 'Outlander' have come out publically for 'Yes': Sam Heughan, Graham MacTavish and Grant O'Rourke. And the 'Yes' proponents are on fire: idealistic, hopeful, inspired by the idea of change and of democratic self-determination.
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I will literally read anything, regardless of genre, fiction or non-fiction, as long as it's well written.
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