"He did not think of himself as a writer for the simple reason that the world had never allowed him to think of himself in this way."
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"I am better now. Word of honour: I am better now."
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"The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the good manners to die. This, as you can see, they did."
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"Oh, God — the lives people try to lead. Oh, God — what a world they try to lead them in."
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"The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms."
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"I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer." "What makes you think a writer isn't a drug salesman?"
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"I never knew a writer's wife who wasn't beautiful."
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"I wish we had all been born birds instead."
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"The slaves were simply turned loose without any property. They were easily recognizable. They were black. They were suddenly free to go exploring."
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"Everything of mine which has been filmed so far has been one character short, and that character is me."
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"If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?"
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"Mark Twain was so good with crowds that he became, in competition with singers and dancers and actors and acrobats, one of the most popular performers of his time. It is so unusual, and so psychologically unlikely, too, for a great writer to be a great performer, too."
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"If you can do no good, at least do no harm."
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"We are here for no purpose, unless we can invent one."
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"I am a monopolar depressive descended from monopolar depressives. That's how come I write so good."
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"Nice, nice, very nice."
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"Sons of suicides seldom do well."
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"You can't teach people to write well. Writing well is something God lets you do or declines to let you do."
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"The only way to get anything out of a writer's brains is to leave him or her alone until he or she is damn well ready to write it down."
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"What can any one person do?' he said. 'Each person does a little something,' I said, 'and there you are."
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