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Don Marquis

"Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun."

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"Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun."

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"My introduction to the Brady book was an attempt to nail the exact same idea since Brady addressed the point. And since I write pornography, naturally, something of an obsession for me."

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"Right now, I have no idea what I will write or if I will write again."

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"The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews."

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"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with."
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"There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us."
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"Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo."
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"In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going."
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