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Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to ‘serious’ drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.

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Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Book Oneself Politics Reading
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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Age One Liner Place Sex
I hate nobody.
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Hate Myself One Liner
Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.
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Crime Disturb Order Peace Police Responsibility
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
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Class Genius heavy Ourselves Rule System
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Act Finding Force National Police
The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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Finding Greatness Pleasure Possible
The United States is a madhouse.
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Country Home Madness State
Gossip is conversation about people.
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Conversation Gossip People
In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
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Greatness Loud Race Yourself
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.
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Democracy Form High Ourselves Scale
I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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Children Myself Remember Silence
Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note.
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Note Suicide Writing
What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I’m a realist.
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Journalism Reality World
I’m always an optimist!
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Myself Optimism

Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to ‘serious’ drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.

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