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All mothers are slightly insane.


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She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.



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.

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.



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

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.



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

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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But space shrinks when you get old, and things lose their wonder, and the wisest thing to do then is to try your best to sleep.



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