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Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq. ”
It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some other trade. ”
I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration. ”
One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent the audience's responsibility. ”
I was never able to convince myself that there was a cost-free alternative course, as from 1961, or that any of the different strategies since proposed, especially those involving stronger military action, would have made sense. ”
The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. ”
Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, that failed to find a publisher. I persisted because for me the novel was the supreme literary form - not just one among many, not a relic of the past, but the way we communicate to one another the subtlest truths about this business of living. ”
I am very excited about the prospect of using cryptocurrency, not just as a money equivalent, but using it as a way to earn something as a result of doing some type of work. ”
I can't imagine myself doing something like 'Narnia' again. I would love to do something with Ridley Scott, you know, some action/adventure or something like that. But I'd also love to do a dramatic piece. It's really just whatever you read and take to. ”
When things don't work well in the bedroom, they don't work well in the living room either. ”