Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.


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RICHARD LERNER
Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of...
HARRIET GOLDHOR LERNER
Anything that can unambiguously represent two values - while resisting, just a wee bit, randomly fli...
EDWARD M. LERNER
One of the bedrock principles of physics is the conservation of energy. In this universe, energy can...
EDWARD M. LERNER
Too much detail can bog down any story. Enough with the history of gunpowder, the geology of Hawaii,...
EDWARD M. LERNER
History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics a...
EDWARD M. LERNER
Time travel offends our sense of cause and effect - but maybe the universe doesn't insist on cau...
EDWARD M. LERNER
What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-centric techno-thrillers to far-...
EDWARD M. LERNER
Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Be...
EDWARD M. LERNER
The challenge - and much of the fun - of writing in an established future history lies in incorporat...
EDWARD M. LERNER
When you get really mad, you often have very large cardiovascular responses.
DR. JENNIFER LERNER
When you get really mad, you also have really large cardiovascular responses.
DR. JENNIFER LERNER
Anger triggers a sense of certainty as well as a sense of control.
DR. JENNIFER LERNER
Angry people are actually not just more optimistic than fearful people, they're optimistic in an abs...
DR. JENNIFER LERNER
There is adventure in finding compelling stories and exploring complex issues in challenging environ...
K. LEE LERNER
Readers and viewers will differ about what's totally standalone, what's totally serially dep...
EDWARD M. LERNER
Some books are serials, not to be mistaken for anything else. 'The Two Towers,' for example,...
EDWARD M. LERNER
The medical nanobots in my novel 'Small Miracles' tap the energy sources that the patient...
EDWARD M. LERNER
What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one.
EDWARD M. LERNER
A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, th...
EDWARD M. LERNER
I have to believe SF writers will continue to inspire the public to have faith in - to demand! - a f...
EDWARD M. LERNER
I have always believed there is great value in studying the flaws of mankind and men —even fiction...
K. LEE LERNER
When no one need you to comeback home.. Keep strong... Because they are still a home for you.. Your ...
JAY
Selling is simply the transfer of inthusiasm.
ALAN
No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.
JOHN JAY
Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in ...
JAY-Z
My mom had early rap records, like Jimmy Spicer. In the middle of the records was a turntable and a ...
JAY-Z
When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that&...
JAY KAY
I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What y...
JAY-Z
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because i...
JAY-Z
I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never ...
JAY-Z
Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama...
JAY-Z
One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That&#...
JAY-Z
I don't sit around with my friends and talk about money, ever. On a record, that's different...
JAY-Z
All my businesses are part of the culture, so I have to stay true to whatever I'm feeling at the...
JAY-Z
It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You...
JAY-Z