What I don't like about America is not necessarily an American thing; it's a capitalist thing. This is … - Aleksandar Hemon

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I had one warden tell me since I've been out, and I visited an inmate in prison right here in New York, Warden Fay up at Green Haven. I visited an inmate in prison and he told me that he didn't want anybody in there trying to spread this religion.

Aleksandar Hemon

What I don't like about America is not necessarily an American thing; it's a capitalist thing. This is the Vatican of capitalism.

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Your nightmares follow you like a shadow, forever.

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I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation.

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The way I think of my work is that I have to think up the way to tell a story, starting from scratch. The changes in the industry concern me in a general way because I think civilization is doomed.

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I'll take any life in which I can make choices and have agency, and America is not a bad place for all that.

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