The instant people specialize, its in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon. William T. Vollmann More Quotes by William T. Vollmann More Quotes From William T. Vollmann The first chance I had to go to Japan, which was in the early nineties, I went to a Noh play. I thought, 'This is very, very slow.' I noticed lots of people falling asleep. I didn't really know what was going on; I was getting a little sleepy myself. Then the more I studied it, the more fascinated I got. William T. Vollmann thought myself chance people Precisely because I'm a man who is attracted to women, there may be some things that I have to say as a spectator of feminine grace that women themselves may not be able to see. William T. Vollmann see man women grace I might enjoy writing some ghost stories set in Japan because their whole idea about the spirit world is so interesting. William T. Vollmann enjoy writing world interesting Don't write for money. William T. Vollmann write money Everybody is an expert on one thing - that's what I learned in my high school journalism class - and that's, of course, his own life. And everybody deserves to live and have his story told. And if it doesn't seem like an interesting story, then that's the failure of the listener, or the journalist who retells it badly. William T. Vollmann journalism failure life school I've always felt I want to be of service to the world somehow. I haven't yet figured out how to do it, and I may never figure out how to do it. William T. Vollmann never service want world I'm still a marginal figure living from book to book, but, as long as I'm producing labour as a good Marxist prole, I guess I'm satisfied. William T. Vollmann good satisfied long book I read and write for most of the day, but I do let myself be interrupted by real life. I enjoy going out with friends and try not to take myself too seriously. William T. Vollmann day myself enjoy life I don't subscribe to organised religion. I've travelled enough to see that adherents of organised religion often attack adherents of other religions. William T. Vollmann religions see enough religion
