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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I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
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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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The beginnings of a forest is one of the ugliest things on the planet. It's bleak and your neighbours hate you.
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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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Stop fearing being attacked.
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On the other hand, the seventies were drab. That is, I am utterly fascinated by the fifties and sixties.
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People can believe pretty much whatever they want to believe about moral and political issues, as long as some other people near them believe it, so you have to focus on indirect methods to change what people want to believe.
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Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian, gives me a different view. I'm coming at soul from my own place.
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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.
