Matt Besser Quotes
A story is ultimately a memory. It's important when you're telling a story to think about why this memory is a memory. You don't remember everything in life; you just remember certain things - so, why this one?
Quotes to Explore
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There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes back and reminds you.
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To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.
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You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice.
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It looks good when you see someone kicking at the age of 51 with no double. It's kinda cool for people to know that past 50 we can keep flexible.
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Fake yuppie experiences that you had to spend money on, like white water rafting or elephant rides in Thailand don't count. I want to hear some small moment from your life that proves you're really alive.
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A story is ultimately a memory. It's important when you're telling a story to think about why this memory is a memory. You don't remember everything in life; you just remember certain things - so, why this one?
