"Rapacity plus taste is a formidable combination, since……" — Gilbert Sorrentino
"Rapacity plus taste is a formidable combination, since it so often passes for intelligence. One pities the artist in a world of such predators, all of whom are deeply engaged in the arts too."
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Gilbert Sorrentino
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8 Quotes by Gilbert Sorrentino
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