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Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.

From Victor LaValle

I spend lots of time on the Web, some of it even useful.

From Victor LaValle

There are times when I need to dig up the diagram for a type of satellite dish, for instance, but I just can't seem to phrase this need correctly. As a result, I'm inundated by advertising for satellite television and people's online customer reviews of such services when, in fact, I was only trying to figure out what a certain component is called.

From Victor LaValle

When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.

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There's the wonder of being able to do research from your own living room, of course. I do find that my biggest research issue, though, is how to frame my questions.

From Victor LaValle

In the end, what's any good reader really hoping for? That spark. That spell. That journey.

From Victor LaValle

If you want to learn the true nature of a child you have to watch how she plays. If you want to learn the true nature of an adult you have to watch how she does her job.

From Victor LaValle

I can't inhabit my characters until I know what kind of work they do. This requires research because my jobs for the last decade have been author and professor, and I'd like to spare the world more author or professor novels.

From Victor LaValle

In the past, a writer had to go outside and get to know others before learning about their work, but the Internet has made humanity more accessible for misanthropes like me. I read blogs, tweets, Facebook posts and Reddit threads where people detail their jobs.

From Victor LaValle

Social media give me the privilege of learning about more people than I could meet in my whole life. Taken together, the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot, though.

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