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“Once a Buddha, always a Buddha.”

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Roger Zelazny was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his unique literary style and rich imagination. His works spanned a wide range of genres from science fiction to fantasy, with his most famous series including 'The Chronicles of Amber' and 'Avalon'. Zelazny began his writing career in the 1950s, and his works have had a profound impact on science fiction and fantasy literature in the following generations. more

“After a while the business end of writing takes too much of the writing time. Better to pay someone ten percent and find that you're still more than ten percent ahead in the end. Which is true. My present agent says that he always feels that a good agent during the course of a year should earn back for his client at least the ten percent he takes by way of commission, so the client's really nothing out. And what he should ideally do is make him more money than the ten percent.”

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“I guess you have to be a little arrogant to be a writer. I decided early on that just because a lot of other writers were bothered by getting bad reviews didn't really mean that the things were particularly important. By the same token, the good ones didn't mean all that much either. So I just forget about reviews and I wrote what I wanted.”

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“Go and copulate with yon purple lizard.”

Purple Lizards

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“To waste! You are unknown and unwanted, save by me. This, because you are fairly adept at the various embalming arts and you occasionally compose a clever epitaph.”

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