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The new rebels might be artists willing to risk the yawn, the rolled eyes, the cool smile, the nudged ribs, the parody of gifted ironists,…

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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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The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is… — Charles Bronson
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. — Edmund Burke
How do you rebel in a family of rebels? — Nicolas Cage
How do you rebel in a family of rebels? That's the age-old question. I guess I could have by not going into… — Nicolas Cage
There is in me an anarchy and frightful disorder. Creating makes me die a thousand deaths, because it means making order, and… — Albert Camus
Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave. — Emile M. Cioran
The Conservative Party is not honouring the commitment to Lords reform and, as a result, part of our contract has now been… — Nick Clegg
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate… — Isabel Allende
The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other… — James Gould Cozzens
By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more… — Frederic Farrar
By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more… — Frederic Farrar

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