"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true."

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"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true."

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"Well, we all got to make a livin'.""Yeah," Tom said. "On'y I wisht they was some way to make her 'thout takin' her away from somebody else."

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"We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it."

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"No one wants advice - only corroboration."

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"If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones."

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"I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature."

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"Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught."

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