“Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.”
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It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it.
We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.
When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.