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Making something of loss is, on some level, satisfying.

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There's always a problem when you write, something you're trying to resolve, and sometimes a view can be inspiring.

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I think, ultimately, I am a sensualist and an aesthete.

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The romantic idea of the penniless writer is false. It's terrible. I hated being in debt. I hated the anxiety of not knowing whether we could pay our rent that month. Thankfully, I had a wife who was very supportive and had faith and shared my madness.

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I've very aware of my rootlessness.

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Gaddafi's ability to have survived so long rests on his convenient position in not being committed to a single ideology and his use of violence in such a theatrical way.

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The laws of the lowly gangster govern Qaddafi and his sons.

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It is evident that Qaddafi is mentally unwell. Like Richard III, he has barricaded himself within lies.

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The Qaddafis, father and sons, speak the grammar of dictatorship: threats and bribery.

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It is easy to underestimate the demands of an open heart.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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