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“This novel was doomed from the start. All posture and no substance. Whether I write one page or a hundred, it amounts to the same thing. Though I knew this from the start.”
― The Flowers of Buffoonery
― The Flowers of Buffoonery
“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
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“I have no conscience at all -- least of all an artistic conscience. All I have is nerves.”
― Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
― Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
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