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"It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely."
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"He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them."
"A : I know what you're going to say, B.B : Yes, I've dreamed about this chat, A."
"One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone."
"For, let me tell you that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me are the pleasure and charm of conversation."
"I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger."
"Do you think I lie to you?No.But you think I might lie to you about dying.Yes.Okay. I might. But we're not dying.Okay."
"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation."
"No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad."
"I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do."
"Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it."
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"People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share."
"All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are to be written about."
"Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that's not the only reason."
"I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense."
"When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books."
"When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous."
"I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that."
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