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- Well, in fact everybody - everybody - in the entire nation has enough stuff in their life to write about that's interesting that they could…
- My mom was paranoid about my safety.
- The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.
- I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two…
- If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses are…
- Gossip. The more you talk about why people do things, the more ideas you have about how the world works.
- I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with anxiety…
- I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented the computer. He…
- In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity…
- Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something about the times…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I… — Chinua Achebe
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