
“I am not like
other people.
I am
burning in hell. the hell of
myself.”
“I am not like
other people.
I am
burning in hell. the hell of
myself.”
“I am not like other people. I am burning in hell. The hell of myself.”
"Youngstown"
Song lyrics, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 3.
“To hell with more. I want better.”
Beyond 1984: The People Machines (1979)
Context: People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better.
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On himself
Playboy interview (1996)
Context: I foresaw political correctness 43 years ago. … whereas back then I wrote about the tyranny of the majority, today I'd combine that with the tyranny of the minorities. These days, you have to be careful of both. They both want to control you. … I say to both bunches, Whether you're a majority or minority, bug off! To hell with anybody who wants to tell me what to write. Their society breaks down into subsections of minorities who then, in effect, burn books by banning them. All this political correctness that's rampant on campuses is B. S. You can't fool around with the dangerous notion of telling a university what to teach and what not to.
as quoted in Farid al-Din Attar, Memorial of the Friends of God (c. 1230, 2009 Translation edited by Losensky).