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"You would be amazed by how I can torture the English language. I am an abusive lover."

"Imagination is phenomenal."

"The future is created by those who have a great imagination and the will to make it a reality by their actions."

"Develop your own skills and styles. In music, designing, electronics, etc., you may have a peculiar way of exposing your dreams in an uncommon way."

"A creative mind is a spark of divinity."

"Flawed genius is better than flawless talent."

"People have many cruel expectations from writers. People expect novelists to live on a hill with three kids and a spouse, people expect children's story writers to never have sex, and people expect all great poets to be dead. And these are all very difficult expectations to fulfill, I think."

"I write to fill my mind with the ecstasy of life."

"If imagination is your wealth, then ideas are your abode."
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"When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough."

"In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy."

"All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable."

"If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words."

"I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota."

"Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw."

"I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult."

"To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel."

"Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass."
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