"I think you must remember that a writer is a simple-minded person to begin with and go on that basis. He's not a great mind, he's not a great thinker, he's not a great philosopher, he's a story-teller."

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Source : Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.51, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Erskine Caldwell

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“You know, the same percentage of people are gay and lesbian as are left-handed. Let's try to figure that out. How can it be that a left-handed person can get married to another left-handed person. Left-handed people can do anything they want. . . . I say, give homosexuals the same rights we give left-handed people.”
“Photography, fortunately, to me has not only been a profession but also a contact between people - to understand human nature and record, if possible, the best in each individual.”

Source : Nickolas Muray (1978). “Muray's celebrity portraits of the twenties and thirties: 135 photographs”, Dover Pubns
“I have a clear conscience.”
“I feel it's like being a kid and dressing up, because that's what Baby Jane is.”
“It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad.”
“Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.”
“I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.”
“I'm going to be on the road for the rest of my life.”

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