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Self-preservation is the first responsibility.

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too.

I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration.

Jangan pernah membayangkan orang lain ketika kau sudah menyatakan cinta pada pasanganmu.

Di kehidupan cintamu yang nyata, kau mengharapkan seseorang yang baik. Tapi untuk mencapai keromantisan, kau membutuhkan orang lain.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.

Pada cinta yang sesungguhnya, kau menginginkan kebaikan untuk orang lain.

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.