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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
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One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner…
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God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to…
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When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e.,…
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Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want…
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Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz…
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Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love'…
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You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about…
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Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try…
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No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
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Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an…
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No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.
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Comedy [deals] with a lot of the same areas where our defenses are the strongest - race, religion, politics, sexuality.
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Common sense told us that to preserve the peace, we'd have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So,…
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Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been…
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An ad that pretends to be art is -- at absolute best -- like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because…
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Good art wounds as well as delights. It must, because our defenses against the truth are wound so tightly around us. But…
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Eventually we must lower our defenses and just trust our instincts. Trust your gut and just let things happen. Trust that your…
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