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“I think each of my books attempts to create its own voice so I'm not even sure I have a signature style, other than certain descriptive tendencies, an interest in the sound of language. Maybe an immersion in place.”
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“For me the Holocaust was not only a Jewish tragedy, but also a human tragedy. After the war, when I saw that the Jews were talking only about the tragedy of six million Jews, I sent letters to Jewish organizations asking them to talk also about the millions of others who were persecuted with us together - many of them only because they helped Jews.”
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“Well may we say 'God save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General'.”
Source : 1975 On the Governor-General Sir John Kerr's action in dissolving the Australian Parliament,11 Nov. Whit l am lost the subsequent election.
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“If life is no fun, it is because you are no fun. Your life is always a reflection of who you are... Try this: Stop taking things, including yourself, so seriously. Life is not as complicated as you have made it out to be.”
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“From the viewpoint of analytic psychology, the theatre, aside from any aesthetic value, may be considered as an institution for the treatment of the mass complex.”
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“I didn’t want to kill girls… even vampire girls. Though I might make an exception for that blonde.”
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“Time makes more converts than reason.”
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“I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent.”
Source : "Darrell Hammond Book: Comedian Reveals Childhood Abuse, Psychiatric Treatment". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2011.