Ending a series is a difficult one .......where should a story that you have followed for so long end? When do you step away from the characters and let the readers decide their fate from there? When they can stand on their own is my only answer for that.
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CHALKER Decadence is wonderful. JACK L. CHALKER I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes. JACK L. CHALKER No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in the... JACK L. CHALKER First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out rea... JACK L. CHALKER Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse. H. L. MENCKEN Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to... R. L. STINE For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. MENCKEN No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning. D. L. HUGHLEY The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity. E. L. DOCTOROW The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. H. L. 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I brought him a... P. L. TRAVERS I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world. P. L. TRAVERS I never wrote my books especially for children. P. L. TRAVERS My family didn't like me going on the stage, and they didn't much like my being a writer, ei... P. L. TRAVERS You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself. P. L. TRAVERS Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written. P. L. TRAVERS For me, there are no answers, only questions, and I am grateful that the questions go on and on. I d... P. L. TRAVERS I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned. P. L. TRAVERS You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for childre... P. L. TRAVERS I think the idea of 'Mary Poppins' has been blowing in and out of me, like a curtain at a wi... P. L. TRAVERS 'Friend Monkey' is really my favorite of all my books because the Hindu myth on which it is ... P. L. TRAVERS Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own... P. L. TRAVERS A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. H. L. MENCKEN Our Father knew exactly what He was doing when He created us. He made us enough alike to love each o... SHERI L. DEW If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground. DOROTHY L. SAYERS