"Perhaps he had to be close in order to keep a reason for the things he did. To make the things he did be themselves Life. And not merely a delightful excercise of technical skill which man had been able to achieve because he, of all animals, had a fine thumb. Which is nonsense, for whatever you live is Life."

-- Robert Penn Warren

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“Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.”
“Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California.”

Source : "The making of a golden boy" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. January 22, 2005.
“I'm just not that fascinating a person to have had all those lives that I've written about.”
“In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.”
“Any company that cannot imagine the future won't be around to enjoy it.”
“In the current febrile climate Isis needs Donald Trump and Donald Trump needs Isis.”

Source : House of Commons Hansard Debates, publications.parliament.uk. January 18, 2016.
“I stay away from the writing part because I think that if it sticks, it sticks. You just know it. The stuff that doesn't stick, goes away. The stuff that propels you forward, you can see it in your partner's eyes.”
“Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.”

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