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Like most North Americans of his generation, Hal tends to know way less about why he feels certain ways about the objects and pursuits he's…

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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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It's very hard to win without any problems. To win, you have to fight. And many times, this fight means to indispose… — Ayrton Senna
Your real life is in the here and now. Once you figure out what kinds of experiences cause you to feel certain… — G. Alan Marlatt
I think there are certain ways that people are always themselves, but I do think people change — Mike White
I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and… — Christopher Meloni
When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
When you're really caught up in writing a poem, it can be a form of prayer. I'm not very good at praying,… — Denise Levertov
People watch movies - and it's vague ideas, it's vague notions, but people pick up on these things, that they are supposed… — Crispin Glover
Politics is still crucially important. Our choices are vital, and we've got to make them, and not just say, 'Oh, they're all… — Dennis Potter
.. I get more of a dreamy thing from the audience - it's more of a thing that you go up into.… — Jimi Hendrix
If you can't be pretty, you have to learn to make yourself attractive. I found that all the pretty girls I went… — Iris Apfel
In certain ways writing is a form of prayer. — Denise Levertov
Everyone we attract into our life is a mirror for us in certain ways. All of our relationships reflect certain parts of… — Shakti Gawain

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