"My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored; people, above all, to whom one must never tell the truth."

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Source : W H Auden (1981). “Antæus”, Ecco Press

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“I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to read polite. It puts them to sleep.”
“I'm no use to anybody,' I say. 'I'm a cÃ©rÃ©brale, can't you see that?' Thinking how funny a book would be, called 'Just a CÃ©rÃ©brale or You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming'. Only, of course, to be accepted as authentic, to carry any conviction, it would have to be written by a man. What a pity, what a pity!”
“Wolfe scowled at her. I could see he was torn with conflicting emotions. A female in his kitchen was an outrage. A woman criticizing his or Fritz's cooking was an insult. But corned beef hash was one of life's toughest problems, never yet solved by anyone.”
“I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.”
“There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency.”
“Me, I look in the mirror and all I see is this Jewish kid from Queens.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.”
“Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat.”

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