If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist.

Quote by John Barth

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This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history.

This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it...

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it...

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations

You're certain to get a decision in a trial.

You're certain to get a decision in a trial.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

My feeling about technique in art is that it has about the same value as...

My feeling about technique in art is that it has about the same value as...

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.