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Don't put anything important in your stories you don't use all through. To me, this is what's fun for the writer and fun, too, in reading.

— Carol Emshwiller Interview: Carol Emshwiller (2001)

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I don't know where my "meanings" come from. I just try to write a good well formed story. I guess the meaning is just part of me and pops out by itself.

Interview: Carol Emshwiller (2001)

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