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Someone should send the link to the woman who keeps calling his wife.
quote: Well, today my wife got such a call again. And the woman this time was equally certain she had talked to the real Orson Scott Card. My wife asked how old the guy was, and the girl said late twenties or early thirties. “My husband is 51, and no one would mistake him for 30,” she said. “Did the man you met have graying hair? Bifocals?”
Card: When my wife tells me we're about out of money, I finish something. Otherwise, I avoid writing the way any sensible person avoids work when nobody's making you do it.
Uncle Orson, you never cease to inspire me! The bare-naked truth, unvarnished (as if varnishing something that's naked would hide it anyway!). You are so good to aspiring authors, I just want you to know that I feel better (more hopeful) whenever I read your thoughts on writing.
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Card: When my wife tells me we're about out of money, I finish something. Otherwise, I avoid writing the way any sensible person avoids work when nobody's making you do it.
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I agree, completely hilarious! and also something that I completely empathize with at the moment, since I am currently in the throes of terminal procrastination.
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The joke about winning the Pulitzer was great - go for it, Mr. Card! You'd be the most original winner it's seen for a long time.
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Alucard..., that is the best saying I've heard in I don't know how long. So appropriate.
