David Milch Quotes
As a writer, I don't have a sense of my own position. I try to disappear and not to think of myself at all when I'm working.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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We don't have performances as big as 'Lemonade Mouth' on 'Zeke and Luther,' but they're both amazing experiences; just, 'Lemonade Mouth' was a bit bigger. It was different for me.
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I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.
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I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other teams simply because it was theirs.
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The first time Adrian saw me was on tape. But you should know that this never works - never in the history of movies has someone been cast from a video.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
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People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
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We can climb mountains with self-love.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.
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It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.
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After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn't a tourist.
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The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.
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I just make good movies. That's the way I thank my fans.
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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.
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A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.
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Reality is to be found in lightness and darkness.
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I am older than everyone I ever knew. All my dogs are dead. Half a dozen cats, parakeets... all gone.
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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I find the science behind major natural events almost more interesting than the way in which those same events wreak their effects on human society.
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Christians believe themselves to be the aristocracy of heaven upon earth, they are admitted to the spiritual court, while millions of men in foreign lands have never been presented. They bow their knees and say they are 'miserable sinners,' and their hearts rankle with abominable pride. Poor infatuated fools! Their servility is real and their insolence is real but their king is a phantom and their palace is a dream.
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As a writer, I don't have a sense of my own position. I try to disappear and not to think of myself at all when I'm working.
