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" Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. "

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" Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience. "

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" Life is too short to be miserable. "

Life Is Too Short

" Normal is the average of deviance. "

" Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. "

" Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. "

" Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist. "

" About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. "

" Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual. "

" Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful. "

" I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. "

" A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction. "

" As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls. "

" To love without role, without power plays, is revolution. "

" I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can. "

" You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners. "

" Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. "

" The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. "

" A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all. "

" Humor comes from self-confidence. "

Self-Confidence

" All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion. "

" Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being. "

" The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. "

" We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events? "

" Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there. "