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"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."
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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."
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"Now how many people in their heart of hearts in that community want to see the demise of this country? How many would cheer, not out loud maybe, but in their heart when things like 9/11 occur and I'll tell you; it's a majority among them."
"You've got people who are looking at DNA evidence and other evidence like that and they're ignoring it."
"Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be."
"Well, first, the situation in Afghanistan is much better than it was. But there is no comparison between Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq has a bureaucracy, Iraq has wealth. Iraq has an educated class of people who are positioned to come in and take over."
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"I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that."
"And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping."
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"People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share."
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