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I'm simply the happiest, the placidest, when I'm writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer. ... It's fine therapy… — William Styron
I could go away five or six weeks in a row and never touch a club. I would just look at them and say, 'I… — Fred Couples
Logic is no answer to passion. — Herb Caen
Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes… — Herb Caen
Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the art of writing is itself translating, or more like translating than it is like anything… — Ursula K. Le Guin
But who can speak to God, or rather who can't? The question is, who can get an answer? — William Saroyan
But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down… — Norman Lear
My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear… — David McCullough
So the question is, do corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, have responsibilities in their business activities other than to make as much… — Milton Friedman
But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to… — Gregory Bateson
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and… — Gregory Bateson
Why would anyone want to be President today? The answer is not one of glory, or fame; today the burdens of the office outweigh its… — Richard M. Nixon
I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has… — Roddy Doyle
I think it matters almost infinitely that we practice one of the authentic religions. But if you mean does it make any difference which. The… — Huston Smith
The present blitz about drugs - I think it looks very much like how we treated insane people 100 years ago -- throw them in… — Gene Roddenberry
Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past… — Douglas Coupland
Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. They always want to have the air of knowing better than you what… — Eugene Delacroix
I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer… — Diego Luna
I can answer anything about any American pop culture song ever. — Mark McGrath
How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion… — Yann Martel

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