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I have an extremely strong, masculine mind and a feminine sensibility level, which is kind of an unusual combination. Both men and women tell me thing...more

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What are your chief vices? And virtues? I have no vices. The concept doesn't exist in my vocabulary. My chief virtue is gratitude

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That isn't writing at all, it's typing.

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I think the argument that no whites are free of racism is quite erroneous. But then, on another level, does it really matter if anybody is free of any...more

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I only object when any one particular group...gets a stranglehold on American criticism and squeezes out anybody who doesn't conform to its own standa...more

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I know it's become fashionable to depict the police as sadistic Cossacks riding down innocent citizens, but I've become well enough acquainted with la...more

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The only rich women who ever interested me, the ones who were ever my friends, were adventuresses---people who were total self-creations.

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Fitzgerald has charm. It's a silly word, but it's an exact word for me. I like 'The Great Gatsby' and it's sad, gay nostalgia.

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A very fine artist can take something quite ordinary and, through sheer artistry and willpower, turn it into a work of art.

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Once a thing is set to happen, all you can do is hope it won't. Or will-depending. As long as you live, there’s always something waiting, and even if ...more

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So if black power means black armies racing through the streets, creating havoc, that certainly does nothing to advance the legitimate political and e...more