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I'm criticized by the feminists, by the Jewish establishment, by Canadian nationalists. And why not? I've had my pot shots at them. I'm fair game.

- Mordecai Richler

Game, Why, Canadian, Pot

Some of the attitudes of Barney are certainly attitudes I share, but not all.

- Mordecai Richler

Some, Attitudes, Certainly, Barney

Everybody writes a book too many.

- Mordecai Richler

Book, Everybody, Too, Writes

Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials.

- Mordecai Richler

Canada, Well, Credentials, Paranoia

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world.

- Mordecai Richler

Doing, Very, Outside World, Journalism

Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates.

- Mordecai Richler

Here, Same Thing, Flicker, Brief

In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn.

- Mordecai Richler

Canada, Because, Ever, Damn

We live in the country, and I have a huge library there. When we go to London for the winter I never know which books to take. I never know what I am going to need. That's the only disadvantage.

- Mordecai Richler

Country, Disadvantage, Which, Library

The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.

- Mordecai Richler

Work, Process, Still, Developed

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