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No man is a complete mystery except to himself.
Human altruism which is not egoism, is sterile.
There is no Death,/What seems so is transition.
... people miss a great deal by being sensible.
You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!
A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth.
Absurdity isn't quite so absurd as it once was.
An artist without obsession isn't worth a damn!
Experience is the universal mother of sciences.
The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.
Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker
The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.
I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.
True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.
I think our love can do anything we want it to.
Sometimes we have to be judged by our one-offs.
I hate time. It never does what you want it to.
Human beings are millions of things in one day.
Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
He watched and wept and prayed and felt for all
They say women and music should never be dated.
I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.
Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
We fall in love more deeply when we're unhappy.
I write a world where everyone is partly right.
The only way to learn is by changing your mind.
What a waste of time to be posthumously famous.
Your trust in rationality makes you irrational.
The justice I have received, I shall give back.
Duty is what no-one else will do at the moment.
Great comedy calls large matters into question.
The book really comes to life in the rewriting.
The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
In order to travel far you have to be detached.
A good title is the title of a successful book.
When the plot flags, bring in a man with a gun.
Our children's children will hear a good story.
The pace of life feels morally dangerous to me.
Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.
I'm steel-toed boots in a ballet-slipper world.
I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams!
Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.
You can be the dead fish. I'll be the old stick
The writer is the person who stays in the room.
I admit it: above all things, I fear absurdity.
Life is lived forward but is judged in reverse.
[My work] is a love song to our mongrel selves.
I did a lot of student acting when I was young.
Imagination at wit's end spreads its sad wings.