Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and disparate things, things that seem to be irreconcilable, and put them together in a frame to give them…

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I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even...

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to...

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to...

Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing...

Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing...

The universe is an intelligence test

The universe is an intelligence test

Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.

Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.