- Know
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- 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.
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- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
People demonize me; people idolize me; everything I say and do has been scrutinized.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that pushed me over the edge was that people on the Left were calling me names. How many kicks in the teeth do you have to endure.
- Fool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quite often, I will do something and think, 'Oh, no, she looks a little too much like me.' I have tried to learn not to be afraid of that when that happens. I am not trying to obliterate myself and completely hide within the images like I used to.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. Which doesn't mean you need to attack the person, but you do need to look at it like you're trying to get information that has not been written about before.
- Book Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it's based on is whether it's good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and try to rewrite it.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It didn't seem remotely possible. I had no idea how people got those jobs, I didn't know what the steps were, it never even dawned on me. It seemed so outside the realm of possibility.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written about in Entertainment Weekly, and it was kind of cool because my mom asked me if Entertainment Weekly was a magazine or a newspaper.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
People still thank me for the stuff I did for this sport, and I appreciate everything people say.
- Drink
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mountain Dew was my favorite drink through college; it kept me up studying for a lot of tests.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020