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"I am not the river I am the net."

"I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well."

"The sooner you answer the question, "who am I" the more effective and successful life you will have."

"Forms come and go. You, the quantum non-entity behind your human identity, comes nor goes."

"Fall in love with your uniqueness because that's what makes your presence on earth a very special one."
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"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

"Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing."

"In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment."

"The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century."

"It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
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