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People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what peo...more

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I don’t think it’s right that I’m part of the problem. I can’t be part of the solution if I’m part of the problem

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I think most readers would say the same. Most would choose Midori. And the protagonist, of course, chooses her in the end. But some part of him is alw...more

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Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the...more

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I do feel that I’ve managed to make something I could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. And when I’m inside it, to some extent, I feel k...more

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That's how it is with art. Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning are incapable of such writing.

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Latter-day capitalism. Like it or not, it's the society we live in. Even the standard of right and wrong has been subdivided, made sophisticated. With...more

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The whole universe is like some big FedEx box.

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Artists are those who can evade the verbose.

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Me, I've seen 45 years, and I've only figured out one thing. That's this: if a person would just make the effort, there's something to be learned from...more

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The darkness behind my closed eyelids was like the cloud-covered sky, but the gray was somewhat deeper. Every few minutes, someone would come and pain...more

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Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?We can invest enormous time and energy in serio...more

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Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds ...more