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Quotes from The Mad Man — Samuel R. Delany

born 1942 United States

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But it's always intriguing to discover the ways in which desire fuels the systems of the world.

The Mad Man (1994)

Like contemporary poetry, philosophy is one of those things, especially at the beginning stages, most people would rather do than study — which is why most of what gets done is so impoverished.

The Mad Man (1994)

Honesty is the best policy; a policy is, after all, a strategy for living in the polis — in the city …

The Mad Man (1994)

What I look for in a friend is someone who's different from me. The more different the person is, the more I'll learn from him. The more he'll come up with surprising takes on ideas and things and situations.

The Mad Man (1994)

Suppose I was researching, not the life of some genius philosopher with his books and articles and a wake of articulate friends and acquaintances, but rather, a homeless kid in and out of mental hospitals for chronic masturbation and indecent exposure?...How would I even start?

The Mad Man (1994)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel R. Delany (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.