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The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.


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Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.

Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.



Prosperity or egalitarianism -- you have to choose. I favor freedom -- you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Prosperity or egalitarianism -- you have to choose. I favor freedom -- you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.



Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.

Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.



Life is a shitstorm, in which art is our only umbrella." (spoken by character in a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa)

Life is a shitstorm, in which art is our only umbrella." (spoken by character in a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa)



You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.



Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it

Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it



Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.

Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.



One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.

One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.



No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.

No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.



Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of dissatisfaction with themselves.

Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of dissatisfaction with themselves.





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God gives the world enough of what it needs. All He asks is that we distribute what He gives.

God gives the world enough of what it needs. All He asks is that we distribute what He gives.



I really don't limit myself in any way. I just search for great flavors and marriages wherever they come from.

I really don't limit myself in any way. I just search for great flavors and marriages wherever they come from.



The constant abrasion and decay of our lives makes the soil of our future growth.

The constant abrasion and decay of our lives makes the soil of our future growth.



Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

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Looking back at Tim Cook's public appearances in the last few years makes the standoff with the government look almost inevitable.

Looking back at Tim Cook's public appearances in the last few years makes the standoff with the government look almost inevitable.



I'd like to do music in the same way - in a witty way. People think of YG artists as rarely appearing on TV but I'd like to make Big Bang fans happy through various mediums.

I'd like to do music in the same way - in a witty way. People think of YG artists as rarely appearing on TV but I'd like to make Big Bang fans happy through various mediums.



If all we are for is black people and white people who like black people, then I have nothing to say to Trump who is only for white people and black people who like him.

If all we are for is black people and white people who like black people, then I have nothing to say to Trump who is only for white people and black people who like him.



Intrinsic value can be defined simply: It is the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life.

Intrinsic value can be defined simply: It is the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life.




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