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I rightly pass for an atheist.


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I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.

I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.



If I only did what I can do, I wouldn't do anything

If I only did what I can do, I wouldn't do anything



The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye.

The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye.



Psychoanalysis has taught that the dead – a dead parent, for example – can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts.

Psychoanalysis has taught that the dead – a dead parent, for example – can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts.



If things were simple, word would have gotten around.

If things were simple, word would have gotten around.



To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.



Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets.

Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'Here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets.




The traditional statement about language is that it is in itself living, and that writing is the dead part of language.

The traditional statement about language is that it is in itself living, and that writing is the dead part of language.



One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says.

One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says.





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To my fellow writers' I say, 'Write. Build an imaginary world like nobody's watching.

To my fellow writers' I say, 'Write. Build an imaginary world like nobody's watching.



Life runs on with bag pack of problems tackle them swiftly.

Life runs on with bag pack of problems tackle them swiftly.



When things are going well, I can't write fast enough to keep up with my mind. Writing walks, speech runs and talk flies. Other times, though, it's like fishing.

When things are going well, I can't write fast enough to keep up with my mind. Writing walks, speech runs and talk flies. Other times, though, it's like fishing.



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If you analyse the function of an object, its form often becomes obvious.



I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.

I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.



I have no idea what I’m doing, and that’s kind of how I love it.

I have no idea what I’m doing, and that’s kind of how I love it.



I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a lot of time thinking about things. I'd imagine all kinds of situations and how I would handle them.

I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a lot of time thinking about things. I'd imagine all kinds of situations and how I would handle them.



There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and guide myself straight.

There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and guide myself straight.



It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.

It is not women's liberation, it is women's and men's liberation.



I don't love the word "quirky." I think it's a word that's a catchall. It's a word that doesn't stand in empathy with the person, it stands in judgment of them. It's a very externalized word.

I don't love the word "quirky." I think it's a word that's a catchall. It's a word that doesn't stand in empathy with the person, it stands in judgment of them. It's a very externalized word.




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