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Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

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I don’t care about someone being intelligent; any situation between people, when they are really human with each other, produces ‘intelligence.

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A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the w

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A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.", Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]

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Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.

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Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead.

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Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question of what to do with the feelings that have been a...more