I decided that there is really some sort of entity that I call Imperial, and I decided to … - William T. Vollmann

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I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

William T. Vollmann

I decided that there is really some sort of entity that I call Imperial, and I decided to extend it all the way along the California-Mexico border and into Tijuana and then to the Pacific because it all has a similar feeling.

Borders, California, Extend, Feelings, Imperial, Similar

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I wish I could go back and rewrite my first book, You Bright and Risen Angels; I could do a better job. But in the meantime, nobody knows as much about my books as I do. Nobody has the right but me to say which words go into my books or get deleted or edited. When I'm dying, I'll smile, knowing I stood up for my books. If I die with more money, that wouldn't bring a smile to my face. Unless I got better drugs or more delicious-looking nurses.

Angel, Book, Drugs, Jobs, Money, Words

The instant people specialize, its in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon.

Function, Interest, Operates, People

I want to fall in love with beautiful women of all races. Rescue somebody every now and then, improve my painting, and improve my sentence structure. If I can make a living doing that stuff, that's great, and I will keep doing it, and they can do whatever they want with my image. I couldn't care less.

Beautiful, Falling In Love, Race, Races, Structure, Stuff

So he lent her books. After all, one of life's best pleasures is reading a book of perfect beauty; more pleasurable still is rereading that book; most pleasurable of all is lending it to the person one loves: Now she is reading or has just read the scene with the mirrors; she who is so lovely is drinking in that loveliness I've drunk.

Book, Reading, Drinking, Read, Mirrors, Pleasures

Are you a censor? Do you tell people not to say “girl”? Shame on you! If nothing offends you, you’re a saint or you’re psychotic. If a few things offend you, deal with them--fairly. If you’re often offended by things, you’re probably a self-righteous asshole and it’s too bad you weren’t censored yourself--by your mother in an abortion clinic.

Girl, Mother, Offend, People, Say, Self

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But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed.

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I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

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Gerald Jampolsky

Forgiveness is an inner correction that lightens the heart. It is for our peace of mind first. Being at peace, we will now have peace to give to others, and this is the most permanent and valuable gift we can possibly give.

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If you're positive and listen to your heart, you can truly get what you're looking for. It's hard to do all the time, but vibrating on the right frequency can really bring some wonderful things into your life.

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And Mandelstam says a poet - you go down to the shore and you see an unlikely looking from a bottle from the past, you open it. Mandelstam says, "It's okay to do so. I'm not reading someone else's mail. It was addressed to whoever found it. I found it, therefore it's addressed to me. "

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