Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.
JOHN STEINBECKIn utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.
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In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms.
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Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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No one wants advice – only corroboration.
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And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
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Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens – The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
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There’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be.
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I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.
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The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.
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If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn’t really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.
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Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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