The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

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If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

In love there are two things -- bodies and words.

In love there are two things -- bodies and words.

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

Love commingled with hate is more powerful than love. Or hate.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body...

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body...

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.