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Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.
         



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I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.



To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?



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Masturbation is the thinking man's television.



If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.



I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.



I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.

I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.



You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.



You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.



There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.



I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.

I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.





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That loss is common would not makeMy own less bitter, rather more:Too common! Never morning woreTo evening, but some heart did break.



In a home school, the kid does 95% of the work. But in a school system, since it's an indoctrination system, a teacher has to do 95% of the work.

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Mulch was not impressed. 'I'm not impressed,' he said.

Mulch was not impressed. 'I'm not impressed,' he said.



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An oxymoron? What's that? A moron who studies at Oxford?



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bite me. oh wait, you can't from way out there." - eve



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Everyone who is honest is interesting.



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I think people will read about anything if it's good or interesting or funny enough.



Sometimes I'll be telling my husband, 'I think I'm cracking up'. Sometimes you just need a minute to say, 'I think I'm cracking' and just acknowledge it.

Sometimes I'll be telling my husband, 'I think I'm cracking up'. Sometimes you just need a minute to say, 'I think I'm cracking' and just acknowledge it.



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Neither your family nor your culture gave you your personality. You created it yourself.




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