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" My goal is to entertain myself and others. "

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" You can't try to do things; you simply must do them. "

" When I was born in 1920, the auto was only 20 years old. Radio didn't exist. TV didn't exist. I was born at just the right time to write about all of these things. "

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" You pay a certain penalty for going your own way. A lot of people think you're nuts, and you're not as popular with girls as you should be. "

" When you're older you want to learn from other people. "

" Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. "

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" Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did. "

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" If you want to find the source of much of the music of modern day Russia, you will find it in the incredible compositions of that crazed lunatic Berlioz. "

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" Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I'm borrowing energy from the ideas themselves. "

" Why go to a machine when you could go to a human being? "

" Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love. "

" My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god; I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god. "

" Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall. "

" I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking. "

" We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. "

" If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done. "

" I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater. "

" You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. "

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" I find it amusing that I'm on the Internet now, because I've criticized it, but mainly I've criticized it on the basis of, 'What are you going to do with it?' "

" I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing. "

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