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A romance is a courtship story. In the 19th century, the definition of the romance genre was an escape from daily life that included adventure and love and battle. But in the 20th century, that term changed, and now it's deemed only a love story, specifically a courtship story.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Adventure Battle Century Changed Courtship Daily Daily Life Deemed Definition Escape Genre Included Life Love Love Story Now Only Romance Specifically Story Term 20Th Century 19Th Century

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If you donate to a charity and save a few kids, 20 years down the line, there will be more people who exist because of you. In other words, you should consider your actions fully.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Actions Because Charity Consider Donate Down Exist Few Fully In Other Words Kids Line More More People Other People Save Should Who Will Words Years You Your

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From the late '70s to the early '90s, I wrote anything anybody would pay me for. This ranged from articles on how to clean a longhorn cow's skull for living-room decoration to manuals on elementary math instruction on the Apple II... to a slew of software reviews and application articles done for the computer press.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Anybody Anything Apple Application Articles Clean Computer Cow Decoration Done Early Elementary How Instruction Late Math Me Pay Press Reviews Skull Software Would Wrote

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What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Ability Art Chaos Distinguish Great Great Art Out Patterns Science Visual Whether Written

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In a great many stories that deal with time travel, there's usually somebody who knows how time travel works. They lay out the rules.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Deal Great How Knows Lay Many Out Rules Somebody Stories Time Time Travel Travel Who Works

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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.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: American American Revolution Cents Given Noting Person Revolution Sane Success Time Two Worth Would

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Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Both Character Conflict Fiction Good Heart Mystery Those

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Cultural concepts are one of the most fascinating things about historical fiction.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: About Concepts Cultural Fascinating Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Most Things

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The thought that you ought not to drink while pregnant came much, much later. In fact, I had my first child in 1982, and I was still told by nurses and so forth, 'Have a glass of wine with dinner. It'll help you relax.'

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Came Child Dinner Drink Fact First First Child Forth Glass Had Help In Fact Later Much Nurses Ought Pregnant Relax Still Thought While Wine You

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All of my books have an internal geometric shape, and once I've seen the shape, then the writing gets much faster and easier because I now do know where we're going, and I know what's motivating these people, why they were here, and therefore, I have some good idea how they got there, and so I can fill in the missing chunks somewhat more easily.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Because Books Chunks Easier Easily Faster Fill Geometric Gets Going Good Good Idea Got Here How Idea Internal Know Missing More Motivating Much Now Once People Seen Shape Some Somewhat Then Therefore Were Where Why Writing I Can

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: January 11th, 1952

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