- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like Quotes
Quotes on what people like and why.
These quotes explore liking something, or coming around to it later - one describes disliking Jane Austen before eventually appreciating her work, while another reflects on early interest in mathematics over computers. Related browsing includes Know Quotes.
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt like there were two people inside me. I was trying to be somebody I was not, and I was frustrated that people didn't know who I was.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory.
- Performance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory. I like the atmospheres that result if episodes are narrated through the haze of memory.
- Nov 07, 2020
I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have a deep link with England like, say, Jonathan Coe or Hanif Kureishi might demonstrate. For me, it is like a mythical place.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in 2006, when I started in the industry, there was a very old-school beauty mentality. We had to take headshots, and the makeup artists put on so much makeup - I swear I looked like a 48-year-old woman, and I was 22.
- Games
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- Nov 07, 2020