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Sentimentality is loving something more than God does.


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One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.



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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.



I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.



I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.



I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.



And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.



It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.



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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.





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