Sean Platt Quotes

#1. It meant a lot of driving through nothingness, and sometimes all that prickled the radio dial were low-wattage religious broadcasts: preachers who thought the aliens were Jesus coming home, or that they carried the wrath of God in their round ships' bellies.

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#2. How have those in power led armies to kill people they don't know for centuries, always at the risk of their lives? By telling them God wants them to do it. By telling them that the country is depending on them.

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#3. Control or block?" Piper asked.

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#4. Money lost to piracy is almost a sensible marketing expense. The more people who are talking, the more people who will hear. Some may become buyers.

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#5. You're allowed to manipulate the environment, but not the character.

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#6. Success comes from hard work and the accumulation of small numbers.

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#7. The first draft is your "vomit onto the keyboard" draft, wherein your task is to simply keep moving and outrun your doubts.

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#8. But here's an ugly truth about typos and other small editing mistakes: They exist in traditional books, too.

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#9. If the world is dead, at least it took Applebee's with it.

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#10. Humans thought that the world occurred and observation followed, despite their scientists demonstrating otherwise.

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#11. Take Daddy's hand. And Clara, to Lila's immense relief, merely walked alongside him without claiming his offer.

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#12. Understand That Bad Reviews Are a Sign That You're Relevant The only way you could never get any negative reviews would be if you were so incredibly irrelevant that no one thought you were worth talking or thinking about.

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#13. The reward of being able to tell stories every day is worth the effort required to make it happen, no matter how long it takes.

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#14. Don't let fear inside your house, Luca." He tapped the side of his head. "That's valuable real estate, and fear will try to squat without paying.

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#15. Do you know what truly, honestly separates people who succeed from those who fail? It's simple: People who do the work succeed. People who don't fail.

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#16. People will buy bogus quick-fix solutions all day long, but few want to hear that the way to build a business or make money is to work hard for a long time and never surrender.

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#17. If you want to succeed in indie publishing, be prepared to work your ass off and demonstrate patience. Writers who aren't willing to do those two things will fail. Period.

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#18. Indies are doing well because of their willingness to experiment, their willingness to share data and lessons with other writers, and their unflinching habit of placing the reader first.

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#19. Film producer Samuel Goldwyn said, "The harder I work, the luckier I get," and that is absolutely how we all feel about luck, publishing, and life in general.

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#20. we're not going to tell you THE ONE AMAZING THING that makes a writer successful. There is no such thing, and if anyone offers to tell you about that one amazing thing - typically just before dropping a large price tag - you should run in the other direction.

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#21. Meyer closed his eyes, obeying the summons. But this time, Divinity's presence was further away, not as intimate.

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#22. But thats the beauty of the human condition; we're always able to see the spring on the other side of winter, so long as we're willing to try.

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