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- I became a journalist because I didn't want to have to rely on the press for information... I only read it to make sure of…
- A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to…
- I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously.
- Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.
- I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a…
- I had real plans for my next decade and felt I'd worked hard enough to earn it. Will I really not live to see my…
- I mean, what would I be doing if I couldn't write? But that fortunately hasn't proved to be the case and I can read any…
- At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as…
- I'm very happy by myself--I'm lucky in that way--if I've got enough to read and something to write about and a bit of alcohol for…
- Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness for making teasing…
- Avoid stock expressions (like the plague, as William Safire used to say) and repetitions. Don't say that as a boy your grandmother used to read…
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