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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

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Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

Blame, Lead, Praise, Self, Vanity
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Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

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The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

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So if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

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Two daiquiris withdrew into a corner of a gorgeous room and one told the other a lie.

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