Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (8 October 1920 – 11 February 1986) was an American science-fiction writer, most famous for his Dune novels.
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Frank Patrick Herbert
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Franklin Patrick Herbert
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Franklin Herbert
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Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr.
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Jr. Frank Patrick Herbert
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Jr. Franklin Herbert
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Jr. Franklin Patrick Herbert
That is one of the Law's purposes, of course: to test the qualities of those who choose to employ it.
What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.
"A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You're there now doing the thing on paper. You're not killing the goose, you're just producing an egg. So I don't worry about inspiration, or anything like that. It's a matter of just sitting down and working. I have never had the problem of a writing block. I've heard about it. I've felt reluctant to write on some days, for whole weeks, or sometimes even longer. I'd much rather go fishing, for example, or go sharpen pencils, or go swimming, or what not. But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and when I had to sit down and say, "Well, now it's writing time and now I'll write." There's no difference on paper between the two."