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I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten. ↗

— Victor Salva

#fear #humans #i #i think #most

When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class. ↗

— Victor Salva

#class #could #deal #doing #english

I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#been #die #fighter #i #me

I don't often know exactly what's coming next, and that makes it more fun. And you know, for me, this entire genre is all about that; it's all about having fun and getting away from the mundane world for just a little while. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#away #coming #entire #exactly #fun

Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#amazing #amazing experience #characters #come #definitely

Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#always #diversity #fantasy #genre #here

I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#beyond #book #business #go #i

I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#big #career #did #focus #i

I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on. ↗

— Victor Salva

#effort #happened #hide #i #learn

I do that mostly because I believe that the fantasy business is in terrible trouble right now, for several reasons, not the least of which being the almost Democrat vs. Republican mentality of readers on the Internet. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#because #being #believe #business #democrat