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"I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered to fit me for an exquisite pair."
"People have managed to avert their eyes and hope for the best."
"A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering."
"There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies."
"I'd like to get four people who do cart wheels very good, and make a cart."
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"The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all "bottom line" editors; everything depends on the money."
"And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war."
"They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't very stable ourselves."
"The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates."
"It's the story of an American who wants to become a dictator and goes to Europe with a sidekick to interview various Fascists to find out how the Nazis and Mussolini got into power."
"Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately."
"We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace."
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