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John H Richardson
"That's his definition of mercy. This is the year of the Mercy Jubilee of the pope. I know that he's against abortion, but he talks about Christ's emphasis on mercy instead of his emphasis on judgment. He talks about the lack of Christian charity and the pride that are afloat in our world these days in terms of making moral judgments on other people. That's really it for Willie. He's really a missionary." --
Source : Source: classic.esquire.com
John H Richardson
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“The main thing you can change is how you perceive yourself. Stop looking in the mirror and realize that youre living for yourself, not other people.”
“wit is often its own worst enemy.”
“It was different, though, knowing something in your thoughts and then hearing it confirmed, made real, planted in the world like a tree”
“What is society but an individual? [] The ocean is not society; it is individuals. This was how I managed to gain a modicum of freedom from my terror at the illusion of the ocean called the world.”
“I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!”
“Streets teemed with hell's wretched souls. New dead with their gadgets and old dead from antiquity. Demons roamed the avenues and alleyways, tormenting hapless damned at random with branding irons, flaming pitchforks, and razor-wire whips. -From the story Remember, Remember, Hell in November, in the anthology, Lawyers in Hell.”
“When I was five I learned to read. Books were a miracle to me - white pages, black ink, and new worlds and different friends in each one. To this day, I relish the feeling of cracking a binding for the first time, the anticipation of where I'll go and whom I'll meet inside.”
“The most memorable moment was playing drums with Bob Dylan.”
Source : TV.com Interview, www.tv.com. June 14, 2006.
