Franz Wright Quotes
I used to comfort myself with the idea of a book with serrated, detachable pages, so that you could read the thing the way it came and then shuffle the pages, like a giant deck of cards, and read the book in an entirely different order. It would be a different book, wouldn't it? It would be one of infinite books.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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I do suspect that this world is hell.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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My awkward stage extended well into high school.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker.
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There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
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This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
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In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.
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I've become the hunted. I'm enjoying that. It's better to be the hunted than the hunter.
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Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.
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When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.
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I was born a singer. I need to do that.
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When your protagonist bores you, you're in trouble.
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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
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When you're not being heard - I can't tell you what to do when you're not being heard. I do think there is a way to move in love and get things done, though.
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I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.
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Sometimes I feel like every movie I make could be the last. I know that's not really the case, but if I think about it that way and I'm very careful, then maybe I can build a career, movie by movie, that I'm happy with.
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I used to comfort myself with the idea of a book with serrated, detachable pages, so that you could read the thing the way it came and then shuffle the pages, like a giant deck of cards, and read the book in an entirely different order. It would be a different book, wouldn't it? It would be one of infinite books.
