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In America, if your next-door neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want one too. But in England, if your neighbor has a Rolls-Royce,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
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One question you ask as a writer or any kind of artist when you start making something is, 'Does this have reason… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
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I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
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The sublime moment seems to be only a product of allowing yourself to get through, to get to a lot of stuff… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
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In music industry they always want you to write something like the one that was popular. And that's something you kind of… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
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Somebody at one of these places asked me: "What do you do? How do you write, create?" You don't, I told them.… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
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A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage tells of a young boy's travels through the black heart of Depression American and his… — Lucius Shepard Copy Share Image
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