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I think being boring is just the worst sin of all time.

When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you.

If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring.

It's no sin to tell a good story.

Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.

My writing could be the most beautiful or important piece of prose, but it means nothing if it's boring, if people aren't listening or reading. I think transporting someone, putting them in a story for a few hours, taking them out of their worlds, is what I always strive to do.

In art, the obvious is a sin.