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What Politicians Want And What Creative Writers Want Will Always Be Profoundly Different, Because I'm Afraid All Politicians, Of Whatever Hue, Want Propaganda, And Writers Want The Truth, And They're Not Compatible.

I Have A Very, Very Good Relationship With 10 Percent Of The Audience. The Only Purpose Of Art Is Intimacy. That's The Only Point.

I Never Used To Kill Characters, Because I Thought Killing Characters Was Cheating.

The Ultimate Tendency Of Civilization Is Towards Barbarism.

An Inability To Handle Language Is Not The Same Thing As Stupidity.