EGO

  
The ego is often a mechanical reproduction of society's desires for you.

-- James Hillman

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The writers I admire all had strong personalities. I would rather sound strident and obtrusive and caring than write pretty. Life is all about learning to say what you want to say fearlessly, stripping away all the deadwood so you can be a strong tree. If that's a big ego, I want a big ego.

-- Larry Kramer