Dinaw Mengestu Quotes
As a writer, it's a great narrative tool to have that character who is slightly detached but at the same time observant of his reality, because I think that's pretty much what being a writer is - being there, watching and internalizing.
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Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick' franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.
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I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times. It's best not to ask questions and just enjoy.
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A lot of the time we think finances are immediately linked to experience, opportunities, image, and all sorts of important things that can progress us in life. Sometimes they're not. Finances can be completely irrelevant if you allow yourself to feel like things are going well.
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Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.
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Free love sounds great.
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Canada was my whole world and my whole reality, and now I meet people who've never been there, and it's like, 'You've never been to my whole world?'
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.
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I have the time needed to support the album and tour.
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If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
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Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.
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Our World War II generation met the challenges of their time.
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Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about.
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I spent a lot of time doing really unimportant work as an actor. It was important when I started writing that I obviously make it entertaining, or no one is going to go see it - but to really make you think, that is my goal.
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I went to hockey camp at Michigan because my dad has some relatives in the Ann Arbor area. We went to visit them as kids, and you start to learn the language from being around people. At the same time, when I got to college, I thought my English was better than it really was. I learned a lot over my four years.
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'Skins' has been such a great thing for our generation - I don't want it to become a parody of itself.
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Help me prove that I'm still on your side. I never showed just what you do to me. The timing was always wrong.
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It's kind of exhilarating, walking through a crazy, insane mob. The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.
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I didn't want to go get a job or get a degree in business or marketing, or whatever all my friends were getting degrees in.
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R&B needs to see a new light. It doesn't have to be pigeonholed.
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As a writer, it's a great narrative tool to have that character who is slightly detached but at the same time observant of his reality, because I think that's pretty much what being a writer is - being there, watching and internalizing.
