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• Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone…
• Being an artist doesn’t take much, just everything you got. Which means, of course, that as the process is giving you life,…
• No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.
• The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.
• An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness.
• My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.
• One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.
• There are a lot of people in this country who really like my writing. And a lot of writers respect me. But…
• I guess it could be said that the inspiration for 'Requiem for a Dream' is watching the American dream not only destroy…
• I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over…
• I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so…
• ...and the night was comfortably warm as the soft filtered light continued to push the darkness into the shadows as they held…

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