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Most journalists are broken down alcoholics.


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In a competitive society, the thing people fear the most is love.



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If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.



There are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that you can consume more, see more, and get more.

There are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that you can consume more, see more, and get more.



I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus than a television.

I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus than a television.



I think fame is something that you've achieved in your inner self that becomes known to others outside you. There are really very few famous people in history.

I think fame is something that you've achieved in your inner self that becomes known to others outside you. There are really very few famous people in history.



I don't think it's like eastern mysticism, which leaves the person whole. It's really another form of cancer, television.

I don't think it's like eastern mysticism, which leaves the person whole. It's really another form of cancer, television.



No one looks at a television, and no one hears it. It's a poison.

No one looks at a television, and no one hears it. It's a poison.



I've never been in fashion. Not at all.

I've never been in fashion. Not at all.



There's the world of the newspapers. They believe that what is happening is happening, which is so naïve. Because they're the first to turn on that.

There's the world of the newspapers. They believe that what is happening is happening, which is so naïve. Because they're the first to turn on that.



I don't have any home. Everyone I grew up with, my family, are all dead. So I feel kind of like a ghost. I'm more interested in the past.

I don't have any home. Everyone I grew up with, my family, are all dead. So I feel kind of like a ghost. I'm more interested in the past.





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