- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fashion had no interest for me. I would take photographs in the studio. I would go back home, and my wife would say, 'What is the fashion like for this season?' And I would say, 'I have no idea.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My way of living and working is that I'll do my thing. I went from one thing to another. That annoyed people. They didn't know how to categorize me.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought it would be a good idea to look at New York with this half-European, half-native eye and really do something to get back at this city that I thought really gave me a hard time when I grew up.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I've learned is that it's okay to take from heroes, such as Debussy, but it has to be filtered through my own personality so that ultimately it's me.
- Nov 07, 2020
If I think something is beautiful, there must be somebody out there who will agree with me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.
- Phone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost everything in 'A Day With Wilbur Robinson' has some basis in truth. And yes, my sister did pay me to feed her grapes while she talked to her boyfriend on the phone.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me and really encouraged all that. And in rural Louisiana, that was a rare thing back then.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that's happened to me can apply.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black professors make more than white professors. That's because we are in demand. I'll tell you, give me two blacks in institutions of higher learning, one has a Ph.D. from an elite institution and has a certain publication record. You give me a white scholar with the same credentials, and I will take that black scholar.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that the year ahead for me will be full of two of my favorite things: dance and acting.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was such a unique and passionate experience for me. It was such bloody hard work, even at that very early age, that I would not want to try to replicate it again now.
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- Nov 07, 2020