“Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it."
(Casual Chance, 1964)”
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(Casual Chance, 1964)”
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“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
― The Kreutzer Sonata
― The Kreutzer Sonata
“That is the first thing I know for sure: (1.) If the questions don't make sense, neither will the answers.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
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