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A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you read more
Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend less money, which makes no sense.
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture; it's a really stupid thing to want to do.
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture; it's a really stupid thing to want to do.
That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.
That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
The words of the world want to make sentences.
The words of the world want to make sentences.
