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My sixth book, 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes', was nominated for a number of book awards, one of which was The Quill Award, and they had it in New York at the Natural History Museum.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Ashes Award Awards Book Breath Had History Museum Natural Natural History New New York Nominated Number Sixth Snow Which York

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You see one scene shot 25 times in one day, which is totally fascinating, but while you're watching it, you're remembering, 'This is what I was thinking when I was writing that part of the book,' and so it brings it all back very gradually as you're working.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Back Book Brings Day Fascinating Gradually One Day Part Remembering Scene See Shot Thinking Times Totally Very Watching Which While Working Writing You

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My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy of any good book, but part of it is the moral stakes there.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Any Asked Book Good Good Book Husband Intellectual Joy Just Many Me Moral Mysteries Once Part Read Stakes Why

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I hated 'The Lovely Bones'. I thought her vision of Heaven was amazingly uninspired and very depressing. The book was just tedious.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Amazingly Bones Book Depressing Hated Heaven Her Just Lovely Tedious Thought Uninspired Very Vision

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There are always people screeching and upset that I did this or didn't do that. Basically, they're upset that I didn't rewrite an earlier book they particularly liked.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Always Basically Book Did Earlier Liked Particularly People Rewrite Upset

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My husband gets up at around 5.30 A.M., so I'll tuck him in around 9.30 P.M. or 10 P.M., and then I'll go and lie down on the couch with a book and my two dachshunds.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Around Book Couch Down Gets Go Him Husband Lie Then Tuck Two Up

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I've had no fewer than three young women on separate occasions come up to me at book signings and unzip their pants, turn around, and drop them to show me that they had 'Bonnie lassie' tattooed across their rumpuses!

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Across Around Book Book Signings Come Drop Fewer Had Me Occasions Pants Separate Show Tattooed Than Them Three Turn Up Women Young Young Women

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Oh, 'Pandaemonium', by Chris Brookmyre! Just fabulous - such a layered, beautifully structured, engaging, intelligent book. I love all Chris's stuff, but this was remarkable.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Beautifully Book Chris Engaging Fabulous Intelligent Just Layered Love Oh Remarkable Structured Stuff I Love

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When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Around Bar Because Birthday Book Dead Easier Easiest Fiction Going Historical Historical Fiction Know Library Look Make Mozart Next Professor Seemed Set Start Than Them Things Thought Turned University Up Way Would Writing

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Each book develops a strong organic shape. And when that shape is complete, the book is complete. I don't know where the end is. I don't start at the beginning. It's like playing Tetris in my head in a very slow kind of way. All the shapes join up.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Beginning Book Complete Develops Each End Head Join Kind Know Like Organic Playing Shape Shapes Slow Start Strong Up Very Way Where

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