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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 aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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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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"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."
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"There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player."
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"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."
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"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."
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"Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish."
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"Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying."
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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"But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago."
Life
"My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective."
Family
"I love to both give and receive very old books."
Love
"I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience."
Advertising
"I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in."
Experience
"As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward."
Being
"I never listen to music when I write."
Music
"As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened."
Family
"I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it."
Advertising
"And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing."
Writing
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