The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.

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When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a...

When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a...

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow...

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow...

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here,...

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here,...

There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced...

There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced...

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.

Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming...

Obsession is the single most wasteful human activity, because with an obsession you keep coming...

You never really know a woman until you meet her in court.

You never really know a woman until you meet her in court.

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in...

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in...

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at...

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at...

Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a...

Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a...

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to...

If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to...

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches,...

I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches,...

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest...

It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest...

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one...

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one...

Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born,...

Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born,...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and...

When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and...