It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin.
タグ: pumpkin, philosophy, life-philosophy, life, food

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New York is a wonderful place to be up, an awful place to be down.
タグ: wonderful, place, down, new
Well, I'd say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I don't go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.
タグ: joy, day, world, life
As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.
タグ: think, political, look, me
You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at all.
タグ: your, always, book, you
The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers.
タグ: wider, greater, chances, your
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