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"I revise very little. I always write in long hand and revise when I type. I test them out when I read them aloud."

"I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say."

"Florrie nodded and indicated the sink:"P'rhaps you'd care to wash your hands?" "arrh no thank you M'am; I already done that against a tree before I came in here" said the Wrinkled Retainer"

"There is much in American society which I admire, but I have long held the view that the absence of an effective safety net in that country means that too many needy citizens fall by the wayside. That…"

"I wrote, after an early rejection, "X turned down Wrinkle, turned it down with one hand while saying that he loved it, but didn't quite dare to do it, as it really isn't classifiable. I know it isn't …"

"I'm sick and tired of hearing things fromUptight short sided narrow minded hypocritesAll I want is the truth, just give me some truthI've had enough of reading thingsBy neurotic psychotic pigheaded po…"

"I am a medievalist, but hates the Middle Ages. Altogether he loathes the past, he does not have the ability to enter into the spirit of other ages. He lies about European novelists and twists their wo…"

"If you would be a good reader, read; if a writer, write."

"I am turned off when I see only formulas and symbols, and little text."

"Personally, I stick to my idea that we are watching the birth, more than the death, of a World. The scandal for you, is that England and France should have come to this tragedy because they have since…"

"Already you're on Page 8."

"The moral improvement of the nations and their individual components has not kept pace with the march of intellect and the advance of industry. Before the assaults of criticism many ancient stronghold…"

"Already with thee! tender is the night."

"Ranil Wickremesinghe: We are putting together the mechanisms of accountability and reconciliation. By me or so, when we had to.. before the UN council meeting in Geneva with our proposals already."

"On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and — all your choices should be so easy."

"Talent is not universal but it is widely spread: Give enough people the capacity to create, and inevitably gems will emerge."

"As for the war – it is like this: not Alexander Blok with Rainer Maria Rilke but a machine gun with a machine gun. Not Alexander Scriabin with Richard Wagner but a dreadnought with a dreadnought. Had …"

"One of the problems, hanging out with me, is that I can turn any topic into a toxic horror story. I've lost two girlfriends and a job by reading an ingredients label out loud, with annotations, at the…"

"Executive Summary" of the 300-page Beveridge Report"

"It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do crossword puzzles until you're tired of that. This is torture. This is mental torture."