The facts are always less than what really happened.

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The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed...

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

A desert is a place without expectation.

A desert is a place without expectation.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on...

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films...

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.