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Eating is sex for old people.

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
People
Sex
Eating

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Everything you want in life has teeth.
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I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up.
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I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now.
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Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.
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Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well.
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Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?
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I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.
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Its easy to lose sight of what you want when you think you want everything.
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Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.
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Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings.
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If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.
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Learn to wait invariably either things will change or your heart will.
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Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever.
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Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.
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It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see how the world reacts to them.
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