There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.
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Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.
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If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.
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Creativity is much better when it's free. Someone can take it and sell it if that's what it needs, and from that standpoint, you have to have a label. If you could make your music and just give it away and somehow make a living - that would be the best scenario.
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