"The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform."

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Source : Roger Zelazny (1983). “Unicorn Variations”, Pocket Books

Roger Zelazny

#Confused Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Reform Quotes

“I am basically the sort of person who has stage-fright teaching. I kind of creep into a classroom. I'm not an anecdote-teller, either, although I often wish I were.”
“I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.”
“If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich...”
“You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you.”
“I'll trust myself, myself shall be my friend.”

Source : c.1589 The Spanish Tragedy, act 3, sc.2.
“I just didnâ€™t want to be pigeonholed as an 'ethnic comic' or an 'Asian comic.' I just wanted to be on the same playing field as everyone else.”
“Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference.”
“I think that the longer I look good, the better gay men feel.”

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