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It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.

~Eric Jerome Dickey

Topics: Asking Bird Creativity Explain Fly How Impossible Just Like You

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When you start a new job or a particular journey, you really don't know what to expect. I mean, you hear about your name being on the bestsellers list, but it doesn't really mean anything. Like, really, what does that translate to?

~Eric Jerome Dickey

Topics: About Anything Being Does Expect Hear Job Journey Know Like List Mean Name New New Job Particular Really Start Translate You Your

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I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing of characters, choosing the words, bringing the world to light in which the characters live in. That creates an illusion that this is real.

~Eric Jerome Dickey

Topics: Bringing Characters Choosing Creates Good Good Story Illusion Imagination Just Light Live People Random Real Rewriting See Story Strictly Think Trying Which Words World Write

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I want those young whipper-snappers to know that in days past we actually used to kill trees and make those things called books.

~Eric Jerome Dickey

Topics: Actually Books Days Know Make Past Things Those Trees Used Want Young

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As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.

~Eric Jerome Dickey

Topics: Challenge Characters Different Different Characters Issues Myself Same Same Story Story Tackle Tell Writer

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For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with this. If they are expecting to come into a room full of people praising them, then they are in the wrong place.

~Eric Jerome Dickey

Topics: Author Becoming Change Come Coming Expecting Full Lot Nothing Occupation People Place Praising Room Something Them Then Totally Wrong Wrong Place

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Some people are just so happy to get published to, they sign anything. Next thing you know, they've signed over the rights to their book.

~Eric Jerome Dickey

Topics: Anything Book Get Happy Just Know Next Next Thing Over People Published Rights Sign Signed Some Some People Thing You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 7th, 1961

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