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Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.
I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.
I'm writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.
Tis easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate.
Only after I've seen the visible can I imagine what the invisible is.
My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry.
Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.
You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.
Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
I made your sorrow mine also, that you might have help in bearing it.
I have put my talent into writing, my genius I have saved for living.
Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.
One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.
I have never learned anything except from people younger than myself.
You told me you had destroyed it." "I was wrong. It has destroyed me.
I summed up all systems in a phrase, and all existence in an epigram.
Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects.
In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.
the supply of the milk of human kindness was short by several gallons
the ice was not only broken; it was shivered into a million fragments
Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.
Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.
There is no cash in battling evil: just the opposite in my experience
Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.
Someone's parents have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs.
Well, sanity, I suppose, is getting people to see the world your way.
A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.
When I was growing up, 'Anna Karenina' was one of my favourite books.
Brighton is a beautiful seaside city, but it's got a dark underbelly.
I guess a lot of police keep their sanity by developing black humour.
This is a revolution, damnit! We're going to have to offend somebody!
I wish I could think of a suitable name for the kind of writing I do.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.
Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss.
Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.
The lowest common denominator of the universe is both low and common.
I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
You brought me grenades. You are officially the best girlfriend ever.
I suppose I am interested in women plus anonymity plus disappearance.
The local TV news is the greatest danger in your life. It's all crap.
If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.
It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones.
But souls can't be sold. They can only be lost and never found again.