“For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.”
“Rule of thumb: if you think something is clever and sophisticated beware-it is probably self-indulgence.”
“The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing; the exception proves everything. In the exception the power of real life breaks through the crust of a mechanism that has become torpid by repetition.”
“people don't get meit's more rule than exceptionGod bless exceptions”
“It's much more fun to be the exception, not the rule”
“There's no one more obnoxious and self-righteous than the self-made man. And no one more admirable.”