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I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine.


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I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art.

I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art.



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Art to me is not precious enough that I feel territorial about what the word gets applied to. Conversations about what counts as art and what doesn't doesn't captivate my attention very much.



It's a lot easier to write about people when you're not living with them!

It's a lot easier to write about people when you're not living with them!



We're all human beings with bodily needs living within a system. We don't need to prove that we're not a part of the fabric of the culture in order to want to change it.

We're all human beings with bodily needs living within a system. We don't need to prove that we're not a part of the fabric of the culture in order to want to change it.



In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.

In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.



Sometimes one has to know something many times over. Sometimes one forgets, and then remembers. And then forgets, and then remembers. And then forgets again.

Sometimes one has to know something many times over. Sometimes one forgets, and then remembers. And then forgets, and then remembers. And then forgets again.



After my friend's accident I take care of her. It is always taking care, but it is difficult, because at times to take care of her is also to cause her pain.

After my friend's accident I take care of her. It is always taking care, but it is difficult, because at times to take care of her is also to cause her pain.



102. After my friend's accident I take care of her. It is always taking care, but it is difficult, because at times to take care of her is also to cause her pain.

102. After my friend's accident I take care of her. It is always taking care, but it is difficult, because at times to take care of her is also to cause her pain.



Mostly I have felt myself becoming a servant of sadness. I am still looking for the beauty in that.

Mostly I have felt myself becoming a servant of sadness. I am still looking for the beauty in that.



It will not say, 'Isn't X beautiful?' Such demands are murderous to beauty.

It will not say, 'Isn't X beautiful?' Such demands are murderous to beauty.





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The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.



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