There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.

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The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship...

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship...

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I...

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I...

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there...

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there...

The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited...

The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited...

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit...

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit...

Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.

Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part...

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part...

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes...

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes...

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a...

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a...

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I...

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I...

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That...

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That...

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American...

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American...

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average...

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average...

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be...

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be...