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"But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children."
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"The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics."
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"Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something."
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"I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free."
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"I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded."
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"You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker."
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"I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients."
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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."
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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."
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"The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art."
Art
"Writers always know whether you like them or not."
Media
"I love it now that a large minority of people who are handicapped prefer to call themselves crippled. This is all part of the game, like queer theory."
Love
"When all of us are forgotten, people will still be remembering Stephen King."
People
"Saul Bellow never took my advice when he was my friend."
Friendship
"I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis."
Literature
"The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans."
Politics
"Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate."
Literature
"It's funny to be a critic."
Fun
"Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical."
Fun
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