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"The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties."

"I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf."

"The trouble with the sacred Individual is that he has no significance, except as he can acquire it from others, from the social whole."

"I wish something on T.V. would trouble me. Then maybe I would watch it."

"So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig."

"I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more."
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"Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck."

"Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry."

"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to."

"When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as "Catch-22" I'm tempted to reply, "Who has?""

"Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more."
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