The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.

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Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

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Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

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By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

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For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

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Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

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I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.

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Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves.

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Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.

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Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.

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