"Critics? How do they happen? I know how it happened to me. I would send a poem or story to a magazine and they would say this doesn't suit our needs precisely but on the other hand you sound interesting. Would you be interested in doing a review?"

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"I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night."

Buddy Rich, American Musician

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"Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author."

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"It is more important to eat some carbohydrates at breakfast, because the brain needs fuel right away, and carbohydrate is the best source."

Andrew Weil, American Scientist

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"I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction."

Lydia Lunch, American Musician

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"You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat."

Ann Landers, American Journalist

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"There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do."

Andrew Cuomo, American Politician

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"Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works."

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Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

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"Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel."

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"DeLillo never seems committed to me to what he is writing. Very nice surfaces, but he's got nothing underneath."

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"My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time."

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"The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans."

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