- Great
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Walk
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not terribly well read. My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I'm grateful to her for. She made me read 'War and Peace.' The whole thing. It was amazing, but I had to hide it. You can't walk round reading 'War and Peace' - it's like you're in a comedy sketch and you think you're smart.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me.
- Curiosity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.
- Expressed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying' had an immense effect on me, and most of my novels bear the burn marks of this experience, those short chapters with their conflicting points of view, truth expressed by multiple perspectives. The other attractive thing about 'As I Lay Dying' was the way it gave rich voices to the poor.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I finished 'True History of the Kelly Gang,' I realised that Faulkner had not lost his power over me.
- Continue
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no interest in writing, generally speaking, about America at all - even if it does continue to terrify me.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have never begun a novel which wasn't going to stretch me further than I had ever stretched before.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rut I was in with the people that I had been previously been with it took the heart right out of me.
- Phone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say 90 percent of my mail and phone calls are from people who want some kind of help or succor or commitment from me to do something.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It came home to me indelibly that I was never going to change anything in America by walking around carrying a sign. It was a great revelation. It saved me a lot of anxiety and a lot of wasted energy.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I read something, I have this special feeling of being fully engaged with it. It's fresh to the audience because it's fresh to me. It's a little mystical, but I really believe that.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
People call me a movie star. If you're in the business, a movie star is someone who can make a film bankable. My name and $6 million will make a $6 million movie. I'm a working actor. Because I started late, I had a very short run as a leading man, and my films didn't make money in America.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020