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1 " In a country that values the ballroom dancing talents of washed-up actors, writers were less than afterthoughts. "
― Reed Farrel Coleman , Gun Church
2 " I achieved what all artists dread: I had outlived most of my money and all of my talent. "
3 " I'd burned bridges between us that had yet to be built. "
4 " The first snort of coke, the first taste of a woman, the first sip of scotch: every high is different, but somehow the same. "
5 " When you feel the stitches holding the illusion of yourself together begin to stretch and pop, and you can't sew fast enough to keep the stuffing in. "
6 " This is publishing, Kip! Since when does logic have anything to do with it? "
7 " Readers have some peculiar notions about the status of writers, the most foolish of which is that writers are treated like royalty by their publishers. "
8 " Publishing makes Oedipus Rex look like a play about distant cousins. "
9 " You can feel yourself falling in love, not out of it. "
10 " There was no deeper truth in the mundanity of violence. That truth sat on the surface and required no mining at all. "
11 " I didn't much believe in god and the things people labeled as miracles did little to convince me otherwise, but it was at times like these that made me consider which was the more cruel: a cold and random universe or a god with a perverse sense of humor? With all due respect to Blaise Pascal, I chose to believe that no god was better than a cruel one. "