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You Can't Write Good Satirical Fiction In America Because Reality Will Quickly Outdo Anything You Might Invent.

Life Is Just A Short Period Of Time In Which You Are Alive.

Literature Isn't A Moral Beauty Contest. Its Power Arises From The Authority And Audacity With Which The Impersonation Is Pulled Off; The Belief It Inspires Is What Counts.

When The Whole World Doesn't Believe In God, It'll Be A Great Place.

Nothing Has A More Sinister Effect On Art Than The Artist's Desire To Prove That He's Good. The Terrible Temptation Of Idealism! You Must Achieve Mastery Over Your Idealism, Over Your Virtue As Well As Over Your Vice, Aesthetic Mastery Over Everything That Drives You To Write In The First Place - Your Outrage, Your Politics, Your Grief, Your Love!