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- I remain a fan of my friend Bret Easton Ellis's 'American Psycho.' I think as a book about New York in the '80s it was…
- Most of the people I write about have been ambitious outlanders who have been attracted to New York from other parts of the world.
- We've been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the day after Don Quixote was published.
- 'Socialist' is the nastiest thing you can say about an American politician in some quarters.
- I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their…
- I certainly think that the publishing houses have to learn more about this informal network of literary blogging and get over the idea that sending…
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- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong