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Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people.…

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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…
God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to…
When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e.,…
Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want…
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz…
Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love'…
You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about…
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try…
No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an…
No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.

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I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel… — Willie Aames
Of all the preaching in the world, I hate that preaching which tends to make the hearers laugh, or to move their… — Richard Baxter
The Western world loves liberalisation, provided it doesnt affect them. — Azim Premji
As an improviser you need to experience the moment- and that includes everything in the moment. Observe the people around you-the bandleader,… — Pat Martino
Although you may have never sat down and defined what your philosophy is, it is fully operative and working in your life… — Chris Prentiss
The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them. — Alphonse de Lamartine
Responsibility is fostered by allowing children a voice and wherever indicated a choice in matters that affect them. — Haim Ginott
Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them. — John Simm
It is naive to believe that a steady diet of blatant immorality, played out nightly in our living rooms, has no effect… — Gordon B. Hinckley
If it were possible for us to have so deep an insight into a man's character as shown both in inner and… — Immanuel Kant
I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all. — Wanda Sykes
You can actually alter a person's perception when they're that young. I mean, it can affect them in a very positive way. — Sylvester Stallone

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