I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.

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Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.

Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.

I delight in what I fear.

I delight in what I fear.

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical...

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical...

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm...

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm...

Cocoa? Cocoa! Damn miserable puny stuff, fit for kittens and unwashed boys. Did Shakespeare drink...

Cocoa? Cocoa! Damn miserable puny stuff, fit for kittens and unwashed boys. Did Shakespeare drink...

One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.

One can drink too much, but one never drinks enough.

I drink therefore I am.

I drink therefore I am.

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.

I saw a notice that said Drink Canada Dry and I've just started.

I saw a notice that said Drink Canada Dry and I've just started.

Look at him. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't chew and he doesn't...

Look at him. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't chew and he doesn't...

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood...

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

First, the baby loves mother's milk; second, he learns of his mother and father; third,...

First, the baby loves mother's milk; second, he learns of his mother and father; third,...

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither...

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither...

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay...

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay...

To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog.

To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog.

I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started.

I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started.

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy...

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy...

Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to...

Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to...

We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the...

We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the...