- 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
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that Judaism has been, throughout its history since A.D. 70, a diaspora culture that's all about being a minority. In fact, being a small minority. When I'm in Israel, I cannot get used to the notion that we're all Jewish. It doesn't seem to me that we're supposed to all be Jewish.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
People have a lot of strange relationships with food. There's a lot more going on there than just, 'Oh, these crullers remind me of my childhood.' We have a darker and more complex relationship to food.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Food is interesting to me because it's a way of understanding culture and societies and history. I would never write about food just as food. Just like I would never write about baseball just as baseball.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It isn't important to me how people respond to my work.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me quite a while to find my natural voice. I'm glad I stuck around long enough to see that happen.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me and Kurt Cobain were both listening to a bunch of Lead Belly and diggin' it. We thought, 'Let's do an EP of all Lead Belly songs.' We did a couple, and both of us were like, 'Nah, this is a bad concept.' We set it aside.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even when I'm making my own solo records, I'm collaborating with people. It keeps things interesting for me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone likes a bit of variety. I'm sure none of my readers only want to read about anti-heroes or villainous protagonists any more than they only want to read about square-jawed heroes doing the right thing. I just write characters than entertain me and hope they'll be ones that other people want to read about, too.
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a slightly crap blog where I opine on anything that occurs to me and run the occasional silly competition.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've turned into a technological wizard. I can send emails now, which for me is unbelievable. They don't make any sense, but I can send them. I call it e-mithering.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing really annoys me, I'm not that kind of person, I'm quite laid back about most things.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cucumber reminds me of my mother making me eat sprouts.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American system is a beautiful and durable thing, but flawed. I would like to think that this decadence is not sustainable, whether in the eyes of the electorate or the eyes of whatever the local economy is built on; that would bring me hope.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020