"Writing is not about self-expression; it is about putting words on paper."

-- Gordon Lish

#Writing Quotes #Self Quotes #Expression Quotes

“I have found that the reason a lot of people are interested in artificial intelligence is the same reason a lot of people are interested in artificial limbs: they are missing one.”
“Persecution matures young rebels.”
“I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.”

Source : "Richard Hammond: I'm having a mid-life crisis in reverse". www.mirror.co.uk. December 22, 2011.
“If he touches you, I'll come in and choke him to death.”
“Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.”
“Nothing is true and everything is permitted.”
“A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.”
“I don't know and I don't care anymore. I was supposed to have my way for once, just once in my life. I did everything right and I got nothing for it. I want to kill them all. no, better yet, I want to die. No, even bettter than that: I want to kill them all then die.”

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