"But man is a fickle and disreputable..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.
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“I am a ridiculous man. They call me a madman now. That would be a distinct rise in my social position were it not that they still regard me as being as ridiculous as ever.”
More on Human Nature
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“All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal.”
“Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.”
More on Purpose
“You imagine a reader and try to keep the reader interested. That's storytelling. You also hope to reward the reader with a sense of a completed design, that somebody is in charge, and that while life is pointless, the book isn't pointless. The author knows where he is going. That's form.”
“A company that does not produce anything other than money is a poor business”
“To me, the money is - it's certainly a wonderful thing. But it is in direct proportion to how you're able to bless yourself and bless others with it.”