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I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while reading her work that I decided I wanted to be an author. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#decided #few #her #i #list

If I get blocked, it is generally because I don't know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for this is generally more research, or making more background notes, so the place and person can be more fully realized inside my own mind. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#answer #aspect #background #because #blocked

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#back #bowl #brand-new #every #every night

She said she was going out, and would get the dinner. That is the last I saw her, or said anything to her. ↗

— Lizzie Andrew Borden

#dinner #get #going #her #i

You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff. ↗

— Gary Webb

#anything #believe #especially #government #important

So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about morality and proper use of natural resources that were radically different from ours, as the Europeans were from the American Indians. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#advanced #american #american indians #creating #different

Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#american #american indians #door #got #happen

When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I'd enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#back #before #college #enjoyed #good

Enjoy every sandwich. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#every #sandwich

But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#hammond #i #john #like #often