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"Time is standing still. We are measuring ourselves by how far we are going."

"There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do."

"Minutes remain the same length whether they are held against the span of years or minutes themselves. Yet, when minutes are held against themselves, they seem so terribly brief. Therefore, we'd be wise to celebrate life before minutes are all that's left."
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"There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was."

"It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell under somebody's supervision and surveillance."

"Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it."

"A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment."

"These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything."

"The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway."
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