The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.

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Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

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...

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound...

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of...

The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

There is always time for failure.

There is always time for failure.

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...

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to...

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to...

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of...

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of...

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to...

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to...

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric...

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric...

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger...

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for...

Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for...

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

In life as in dance: Grace glides on blistered feet.

In life as in dance: Grace glides on blistered feet.

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions;...

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions;...

I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It...

I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It...

Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made...

Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made...