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William T. Vollmann quotes: Self-deception is a pessimistic definition of optimism.

Self-deception is a pessimistic definition of optimism.

William T. Vollmann quotes: The landscape around us is but a shadow of the landscape within us.

The landscape around us is but a shadow of the landscape within us.

William T. Vollmann quotes: This is my final book. Any subsequent productions bearing my name will have been composed by a ghost.

This is my final book. Any subsequent productions bearing my name will have been composed by a ghost.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Her breasts were big and sad like owls' eyes.

Her breasts were big and sad like owls' eyes.

William T. Vollmann quotes: When I go train hopping and I look up into the sky, there are always so many more stars than I remember there were.

When I go train hopping and I look up into the sky, there are always so many more stars than I remember there were.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Kabuki is the way that I so often write; Noh is how I would write if I were more 'spiritual,' more understated, or perhaps just older.

Kabuki is the way that I so often write; Noh is how I would write if I were more 'spiritual,' more understated, or perhaps just older.

William T. Vollmann quotes: I just don't wanna be an ostrich. That's all.

I just don't wanna be an ostrich. That's all.

William T. Vollmann quotes: We always see ourselves as constant, and others as less so, no matter what policy shifts we ourselves may have been guilty of.

We always see ourselves as constant, and others as less so, no matter what policy shifts we ourselves may have been guilty of.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Not only am I physically and emotionally attracted to women, I also wonder what being a woman would be like.

Not only am I physically and emotionally attracted to women, I also wonder what being a woman would be like.

William T. Vollmann quotes: I might enjoy writing some ghost stories set in Japan because their whole idea about the spirit world is so interesting.

I might enjoy writing some ghost stories set in Japan because their whole idea about the spirit world is so interesting.

William T. Vollmann quotes: The reformed addict who feels the craving almost believes in it, then merely smiles ...

The reformed addict who feels the craving almost believes in it, then merely smiles ...

William T. Vollmann quotes: Generally speaking, the deader the author, the more worthwhile the work.

Generally speaking, the deader the author, the more worthwhile the work.

William T. Vollmann quotes: I'm still a marginal figure living from book to book, but, as long as I'm producing labour as a good Marxist prole, I guess I'm satisfied.

I'm still a marginal figure living from book to book, but, as long as I'm producing labour as a good Marxist prole, I guess I'm satisfied.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Maybe life is a process of trading hopes for memories.

Maybe life is a process of trading hopes for memories.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Just for the hell of it, try to love someone as unlike you as possible.

Just for the hell of it, try to love someone as unlike you as possible.

William T. Vollmann quotes: The hospital bulked darkly in the darkness.

The hospital bulked darkly in the darkness.

William T. Vollmann quotes: I've always felt I want to be of service to the world somehow. I haven't yet figured out how to do it, and I may never figure out how to

I've always felt I want to be of service to the world somehow. I haven't yet figured out how to do it, and I may never figure out how to do it.

William T. Vollmann quotes: I've come to recognize that questions of law and justice are at the same time questions of power.

I've come to recognize that questions of law and justice are at the same time questions of power.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Such mental haziness is in order, given the delightful vagueness of the terrain.

Such mental haziness is in order, given the delightful vagueness of the terrain.

William T. Vollmann quotes: It's always, you know, a pleasant exercise to imagine my own death because then I'm so happy when I can stop.

It's always, you know, a pleasant exercise to imagine my own death because then I'm so happy when I can stop.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Well let the gentlemen of the bourgeoisie remember Berlin any way they please. As Comrade Khruschev promised us, we will bury them.

Well let the gentlemen of the bourgeoisie remember Berlin any way they please. As Comrade Khruschev promised us, we will bury them.

William T. Vollmann quotes: It will be fun to give some to prostitutes,

It will be fun to give some to prostitutes,

William T. Vollmann quotes: At least for me, it takes more knowledge to write fiction than nonfiction. At least about someplace that I begin with a lot of ignorance about.

At least for me, it takes more knowledge to write fiction than nonfiction. At least about someplace that I begin with a lot of ignorance about.

William T. Vollmann quotes: I don't subscribe to organised religion. I've travelled enough to see that adherents of organised religion often attack adherents of other religions.

I don't subscribe to organised religion. I've travelled enough to see that adherents of organised religion often attack adherents of other religions.

William T. Vollmann quotes: There will come a time when nobody reads my books and no one remembers who I was. And in the meantime, I'll do it my way.

There will come a time when nobody reads my books and no one remembers who I was. And in the meantime, I'll do it my way.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Plato says that as one learns to love, the image of any specific beloved can be left behind for knowledge of the Good.

Plato says that as one learns to love, the image of any specific beloved can be left behind for knowledge of the Good.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Perhaps Bug and Tony should have been allies. But any successful structure of domination always gets the weak to reject each other.

Perhaps Bug and Tony should have been allies. But any successful structure of domination always gets the weak to reject each other.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Lecktrickery? grinned the fool boys, rubbing their rabbits' feet against the spell of these longest syllables in all Tarnation.

Lecktrickery? grinned the fool boys, rubbing their rabbits' feet against the spell of these longest syllables in all Tarnation.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Do you want to know what happiness is? Happiness is the absence of unpleasant information.

Do you want to know what happiness is? Happiness is the absence of unpleasant information.

William T. Vollmann quotes: There was no one as good as he at using the ovens of logic to bake agreeable results.

There was no one as good as he at using the ovens of logic to bake agreeable results.

William T. Vollmann quotes: The times are new, but the informers are old.

The times are new, but the informers are old.

William T. Vollmann quotes: The instant people specialize, it's in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon.

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

William T. Vollmann quotes: Death cannot be experienced either by the dead or the living.

Death cannot be experienced either by the dead or the living.

William T. Vollmann quotes: We Communists say, if it has no practically measurable effect, it's not people's art!

We Communists say, if it has no practically measurable effect, it's not people's art!

William T. Vollmann quotes: Lovers may never meet again, but the ways of enemies oft do intersect: This proves some corollary about gravity.

Lovers may never meet again, but the ways of enemies oft do intersect: This proves some corollary about gravity.

William T. Vollmann quotes: When it comes to revolutionaries, trust only the sad ones. The enthusiastic ones are the oppressors of tomorrow.

When it comes to revolutionaries, trust only the sad ones. The enthusiastic ones are the oppressors of tomorrow.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Thus the protagonist of this Dream of mine is ooze, here and forever call'd Oozymandias the King.

Thus the protagonist of this Dream of mine is ooze, here and forever call'd Oozymandias the King.

William T. Vollmann quotes: If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.

If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.

William T. Vollmann quotes: I've never shot a civilian except when under orders.

I've never shot a civilian except when under orders.

William T. Vollmann quotes: (Can you understand your own dreams, which arise with mushrooms' rank richness in the night-forests within your skull?)

(Can you understand your own dreams, which arise with mushrooms' rank richness in the night-forests within your skull?)

William T. Vollmann quotes: My father hates organized religion, probably because he hates the God who killed his little girl back in 1968. I find religions variously bemusing.

My father hates organized religion, probably because he hates the God who killed his little girl back in 1968. I find religions variously bemusing.

William T. Vollmann quotes: It was about as easy getting the Statue of Liberty to spread cunny, which did take some dynamite persuasion.

It was about as easy getting the Statue of Liberty to spread cunny, which did take some dynamite persuasion.

William T. Vollmann quotes: At least I hope - that the fiction I've written so far has flaws but has mostly been successful.

At least I hope - that the fiction I've written so far has flaws but has mostly been successful.

William T. Vollmann quotes: Don't write for money.

Don't write for money.