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• Tomatoes and squash never fail to reach maturity. You can spray them with acid, beat them with sticks and burn them; they…
• I cannot recall a more engaging passage in fiction, and I've been trying for almost eighteen seconds.
• I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great believer in money.
• The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what…
• A farm is an irregular patch of nettles bounded by short-term notes, containing a fool and his wife who didn’t know enough…
• The worst disgrace that can befall a producer is an unkind notice from a New York reviewer. When this happens, the producer…
• Only the scenario writers are exempt. These are tied between the tails of two spirited Caucasian ponies, which are then driven off…
• The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere.
• I have no truck with lettuce, cabbage, and similar chlorophyll. Any dietitian will tell you that a running foot of apple strudel…
• I don't know where we're going or how we'll get there, but when we get there we'll be there - and that's…
• Where would the Rockefellers be today if old John D. had gone on selling short-weight kerosene ... to widows and orphans instead…
• We old roosters must be cautious. Don't try to outwit your arteries.

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