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> [“Creating art allows us to beat the odds and find immortality, without having to do the whole Doctor Faustus thing. Though Brian Wilson and Mike Love no longer collaborate and Carl and Dennis Wilson are gone, they are all still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckeen/creating-art-allows-us-to-beat-the-odds-and-find-immortality-without/)

[William McKeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckeen/)

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## More by William McKeen

> [Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is perfect in the same way that The Great Gatsby is perfect. Take a pencil and read these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckeen/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-is-perfect-in-the-same-way-that-the/)

[William McKeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckeen/)

> [I didn't read this book--I inhaled it. This a terrific new take on a great old rock n roll story, a clash of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckeen/i-didn-t-read-this-book-i-inhaled-it-this-a-terrific-new-take-on-a/)

[William McKeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckeen/)

> [Perhaps the heart of the American Dream was found in the search.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckeen/perhaps-the-heart-of-the-american-dream-was-found-in-the-search/)

[William McKeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckeen/)

> [Life as Hunter Thompson's mother was no weenie roast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckeen/life-as-hunter-thompson-s-mother-was-no-weenie-roast/)

[William McKeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckeen/)

> [This writing wasn't painful. It was like being high.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckeen/this-writing-wasn-t-painful-it-was-like-being-high/)

[William McKeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckeen/)

> [Nothing infuriates an academic more than a talented and successful colleague.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckeen/nothing-infuriates-an-academic-more-than-a-talented-and-successful/)

[William McKeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckeen/)

> [“This is where the disillusioned gathered to look for new illusions”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckeen/this-is-where-the-disillusioned-gathered-to-look-for-new-illusions/)

[William McKeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckeen/)

> [“Creating art allows us to beat the odds and find immortality, without having to do the whole Doctor Faustus thing. Though Brian Wilson and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckeen/creating-art-allows-us-to-beat-the-odds-and-find-immortality-without/)

[William McKeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckeen/)

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