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To be a mass tourist, for me,...is, in lines and gridlock and transaction after transaction, to confront a dimension of yourself that is as inescapable…

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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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To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman. — Alfred Adler
Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is… — William Blake
I'm not the most loathsome man in the world. I've dropped to number nine. — Ben Affleck
I think Michael Moore is loathsome, though, not because he dislikes Bush, but because he seems to dislike America. — Tucker Carlson
A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black,… — King James I
Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit. — Barry Humphries
The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance; We find delight in the most loathsome things; Some furtherance of Hell each… — Charles Baudelaire
The horror of wedlock, the most appalling, the most loathsome of all the bonds humankind has devised for its own discomfort and… — Marquis de Sade
Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within… — Margaret Mead
A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame. — Solomon
It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile,… — C.S. Lewis
Avoid alcohol as you would a loathsome disease. Beer will do to you what hard liquor will do. Each contains alcohol in… — Gordon B. Hinckley

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