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"The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized such a proceeding to be."
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"I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this."

"Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out."

"They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should be surprised to still be alive."

"A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted."

"With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents."

"There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end."

"The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress."

"The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected."
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