- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote three novels in six months, with a clarity of focus and attention to detail that I had never before experienced. This type of sublime creative energy is characteristic of the elevated and productive mood state known as hypomania.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nixon is fascinating because he's our most alienated president. Everybody felt that they never knew who he was - that's palpable in the histories. His face is so cartoony that he's become this cartoon figure. I never really related to the romanticization of J.F.K., and I knew too much about Reagan to idealize him. Nixon falls in between.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since I was growing up, I knew I was going to play in the NFL. I never thought anything else.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to get out there and do anything, but I still don't know about riding roller coasters. I've never been on one. There is something about being strapped in and on a track; I always feel like we're going to be launched off somewhere.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never written lyrics. I get up in front of a microphone, and I just sing what comes to the top of my head.
- Point
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been to a psychiatrist so have never gotten to the point where I could be formally diagnosed with any disorder. But I definitely have anxiety.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never had a desire to be a filmmaker. As a child and a teenager and in college, I was not aware of black women making films.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd be absolutely happy to go back and make a smaller picture. I never want my choices to be dictated by budget. That's one of the reasons why I take so much pride in being able to make films for $2 and a paper clip - because I can always get my hands on $2 and a paper clip. I never have to ask for permission for that.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Drinking and partying never appealed to me in lyrics - they don't have a lot of meaning behind them.
- Felt
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- Nov 07, 2020