"Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul."
"All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac."
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Source: Dailer's Choice by Harriet Van Horne, The New York Magazine, Volume 10, No. 13, p. 80, March 28, 1977.
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