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"As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning."

"Behind every effect there is a cause. You can never eliminate an effect without first understanding its cause."

"Religion is a distraction from true education."

"The power of reason is thought small in these days, but I remain an unrepentant rationalist. Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife. Therefore every orgy of unreason in the end strengthens the friends of reason, and shows afresh that they are the only true friends of humanity."

"It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it. His beliefs are tentative, not dogmatic; they are based on evidence, not on authority or intuition."

"A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason."

"It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this life, the best and something divine. It is the inventor and mentor of all the arts, medicines, laws, and of whatever wisdom, power, virtue, and glory men possess in this life."
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"I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album."

"How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?"

"I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother."

"In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle."
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