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> [Margaret Meade is always running around saying that marijuana's just like bread and water! Well, bread and water are poison, and marijuana's a poison. Now, if you like poison, why shouldn't you have it? But don't try to pretend that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/margaret-meade-is-always-running-around-saying-that-marijuana-s-just/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

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## More by James Purdy

> [In a competitive society, the thing people fear the most is love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/in-a-competitive-society-the-thing-people-fear-the-most-is-love/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [“Pleasure died forty years ago in America, perhaps further back, in a wave of carbon monoxide, gasoline, cigarettes for dames, the belief in everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/pleasure-died-forty-years-ago-in-america-perhaps-further-back-in-a/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [No one looks at a television, and no one hears it. It's a poison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/no-one-looks-at-a-television-and-no-one-hears-it-it-s-a-poison/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [Feeling is taboo, especially in New York. I read in some little magazine the other day that The New Yorker and The New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/feeling-is-taboo-especially-in-new-york-i-read-in-some-little/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/i-am-against-all-machines-it-s-no-wonder-that-so-many-americans-go-on/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [There's the world of the newspapers. They believe that what is happening is happening, which is so naïve. Because they're the first to turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/there-s-the-world-of-the-newspapers-they-believe-that-what-is/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [Margaret Meade is always running around saying that marijuana's just like bread and water! Well, bread and water are poison, and marijuana's a poison.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/margaret-meade-is-always-running-around-saying-that-marijuana-s-just/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [I don't have any home. Everyone I grew up with, my family, are all dead. So I feel kind of like a ghost. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/i-don-t-have-any-home-everyone-i-grew-up-with-my-family-are-all-dead/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [I've never been in fashion. Not at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/i-ve-never-been-in-fashion-not-at-all/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [“Writing is like a battle. You’re often so into it you don’t have any high ideals. You’re just doing it. I have all these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/writing-is-like-a-battle-you-re-often-so-into-it-you-don-t-have-any/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [None of my books are best-sellers. In fact, the only thing that's kept me alive is the books that are in paperback. People find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/none-of-my-books-are-best-sellers-in-fact-the-only-thing-that-s-kept/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [Television masturbates its audience even though the audience is not really watching. It masturbates orifices the audience doesn't have. It sticks holes in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/television-masturbates-its-audience-even-though-the-audience-is-not/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [The worse the author, the more he is known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/the-worse-the-author-the-more-he-is-known/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [“Just like children, he and the greatwoman Grainger longed, and especially demanded even, that something should happen, or again Parkhearst would cry, “A reward,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/just-like-children-he-and-the-greatwoman-grainger-longed-and/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

> [I think America, really, is over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purdy/i-think-america-really-is-over/)

[James Purdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purdy/)

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