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“If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.”
― The 120 Days of Sodom: A Classic of Extreme French Literature
― The 120 Days of Sodom: A Classic of Extreme French Literature
“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”
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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
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“What happened to fantasy for me is what also happened to rock and roll. It found a common denominator for making maximum money. As a result, it lost its tensions, its anger, its edginess and turned into one big cup of cocoa.”
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