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Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.

When really writing I'm not a good friend. Because writing disorganizes the social self, you become atomized. It scrambles you, sometimes to the point that I'm incapable of speech. I feel that if I start speaking, I'll lose the writing, like getting off the treadmill.

I've lost friends, perhaps dozens. But I've gained hundreds, thousands - who knows? - of allies.

Benefit your friends; make sure your enemies suffer from being your enemies.

I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.