- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, most of the anxiety and difficulty of writing takes place in the act of not writing. It's the procrastination, the thinking about writing that's difficult.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, graffiti writers were always the fascinating eccentrics of hip-hop culture. What they do is secretive by definition, and not remunerative in any way.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a white kid into hip-hop meant you'd sought it out and you practiced the art. Which meant dedication and diligence, as well as removing yourself at least occasionally from your own comfort zone and circumstances, and from people who looked like you.
- Figuring
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, the opposite of white privilege is not blackness, as many of us seemed to think then; the opposite of white privilege is working to dismantle that privilege. But my particular hip-hop generation proved to be very serious about figuring it all out and staying engaged.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Pushcart War' is presented as a history of a conflict that has not yet taken place; in each edition of the book, the date on which the hostilities commenced is nudged forward.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because Jews were kicked out of every country in Europe at one time or another, and plenty of other places as well, there isn't an ability to identify with a national heritage - you'll never hear a Jew say 'I'm German' or 'I'm Polish,' without saying something about being Jewish as well, and for good reason.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020