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I felt despair. The word’s overused and banalified now, despair, but it’s a serious word, and I’m using it seriously. For me it denotes a…

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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'm homosexual. How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green. — Jean Genet
Once I knew that I wanted to be an artist, I had made myself into one. I did not understand that wanting… — Judy Chicago
Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It's like wanting the worst possible meat product without even the thrill… — Douglas Coupland
But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated,… — Laura Prepon
I think this is what real love is like.. Wanting to be together as they grow older. — Minzy
Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place. Over the years, I had my heart broken… — Jill Scott
There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like… — Margaret Atwood
I felt despair. The word’s overused and banalified now, despair, but it’s a serious word, and I’m using it seriously. For me… — David Foster Wallace
I'm over the Oscar thing. I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be… — Bill Murray
Wanting to be a screenwriter is like wanting to be a co-pilot. — Marshall Brickman
We dont talk like we used too,We're not even the same anymore. Everything is-is different. Our moments we talk is just like… — Jasmine
Wanting you to love me is like wanting a snow in a summer. — Anurag Prakash Ray

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