American - Author | July 22, 1936 -
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.
Tom Robbins
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Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.
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There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.
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Well, I have never, ever Googled myself.
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When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle.
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Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical.
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Most Americans pay lip service to the idea of freedom, but can't handle real freedom.
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A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the 'mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of 'mind of wonder' writing in contemporary Western literature. I think that's what appeals to the readers who are my fans.
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If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering.
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A lot of aspiring writers are all ready to write a novel, but they don't know how to write sentences.
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John Irving once told me he doesn't start a novel until he knows the last sentence. I said, 'My God, Irving, isn't that like working in a factory?'
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Most novelists write about twisted lives.
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