"The man who writes about himself and..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.
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“It is very doubtful whether man is enough of a political animal to produce a good, sensible, serious and efficient constitution. All the evidence is against it.”
“Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel.”
“The mathematician is fascinated with the marvelous beauty of the forms he constructs, and in their beauty he finds everlasting truth.”
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“Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull... In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might.”
“I've always been the audience that I wanted to reach, so I write for myself.”
“Use words that soak up life.”
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“The so-called paradoxes of an author, to which a reader takes exception, often exist not in the author's book at all, but rather in the reader's head.”
“I claim to be a conscientiously immoral writer.”
“I must ... warn my readers that my attacks are directed against themselves, not against my stage figures.”