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I never called my work an'art'It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
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I never called my work an'art'It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
Today we're all alike, all of us bound together by our shared apathy toward work. That very apathy has become a passion. The one great collective passion of our time.
Any teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be!
I can't afford to work for only $10,000 a week.
My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I'm working on the foundation.
The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?
I draw like other people bite their nails.
Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, "How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style?" And avoid "How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?"
We work not only to produce but to give value to time.
I've always been convinced that my true profession is that of a journalist.