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William S. Burroughs
“There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a recording instrument... I do not presume to impose “story” “plot” “continuity”... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer...”
William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

George Orwell
“You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.”
George Orwell, 1984

Henry Miller
“I am of the order whose purpose is not to teach the world a lesson but to explain that school is over.”
Henry Miller

Georges Bataille
“I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.”
Georges Bataille, Violent Silence: Celebrating Georges Bataille

Marisha Pessl
“You journalists bulldoze life's mysteries, ignorant of what you're so ruthlessly turning up.”
Marisha Pessl, Night Film

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