"You know, I don't want to be offensive. But 'Infinite Jest' [regarded by many as Wallace's masterpiece] is just awful. It seems ridiculous to have to say it. He can't think, he can't write. There's no discernible talent."

-- Harold Bloom

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“Everybody understands that the basis of being a Christian is that everyone has fallen short of God's ideal. Everyone understands that. We understand is that when there's a problem or failure is the family sticks together.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.”
“It takes vision and courage to create”
“Being in L.A. is great because there are so many weird people out there, so you can just blend in. I like that.”

Source : Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.205, Simon and Schuster
“I feel money is power in certain senses. A lot of women out there are just givin' it away. And then there are the women that're selling their bodies. But they chose to do that. But this is how they make their money. And I don't see anything wrong with that.”
“No one makes you feel anything. It is how you react and respond that determines your emotions.”
“But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind.”
“I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers.”

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