David Means Quotes
It's really hard to be a story writer - no matter how much acclaim you get - and not write a novel.
Quotes to Explore
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I've got my ideal job. I like to sing, I like to dance, I like to bang drums and dress up, and someone pays me - it's incredible.
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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It's liberating to wear clothes that are outside the boundaries of what I'm supposed to wear, ya know, based on the traditional model, whether that be a country music singer, or being from the country. It's not a rebellious thing.
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Never judge a person if you don't know him.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I always think Michelle Williams is excellent in her work. And I do love Sofia Coppola. She always creates something so atmospheric. I love Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Andrea Arnold.
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I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.
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I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be.
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I'd love, love, love to do a comedy. I can't imagine being on set and being happy and cheerful. That seems so foreign.
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I rode a shark once. I wouldn't recommend it. It was fun, but I thought I was going to get eaten the entire time! Nothing against sharks. I love sharks. I just don't think we are meant to ride them.
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I know this sounds generic, but I'm so happy to be home with my husband, my family, and my dog.
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My real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able to be right here. My brother over here. My girl's grandmother and family right here. Friends over there. That's my real dream.
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You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame.
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When I was a teenager, me and a couple of my friends entered a couple of modeling competitions just for fun, and one of those got me an agent in Sydney.
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Confit is the ultimate comfort food, and trendy or not, it is dazzling stuff.
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It's great that with the Internet, there has come this sense of creative independence.
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If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.
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I am not a man of etiquette, I don't know manners. I simply call a spade a fucking spade, because that's what it is.
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Your kids grow up. I think they more than anything are making me feel as if, you know, you want to squeeze everything you got every single day out of this thing. Because it passes quick.
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Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving.
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Christmas is a season of such infinite labour, as well as expense in the shopping and present-making line, that almost every woman I know is good for nothing in purse and person for a month afterwards, done up physically, and broken down financially.
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Still loved but deprived of grace.
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It's really hard to be a story writer - no matter how much acclaim you get - and not write a novel.
