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You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
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Humor comes from self-confidence.
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Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
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Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
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One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
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Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
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If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
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The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
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The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
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Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
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Morals are private. Decency is public.
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Life is too short to be miserable.
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The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.
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A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
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A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.
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I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
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Political elections are not life and death.
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Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
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You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
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Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
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I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.
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Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
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We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?
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All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.
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While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.
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I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
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Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.
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Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
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Normal is the average of deviance.
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Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.
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If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like.
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Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
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Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
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Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
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I don't think you can ever assess your work. I don't think Turgenev could assess his any more than I can assess mine, and his didn't have a social impact as much as great literary impact.
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I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.
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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
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As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.
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Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.
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Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.
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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
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Writers will happen in the best of families.
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To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.
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About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
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I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.
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If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
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There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.
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I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.
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