Matthew Perry Quotes
I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
Quotes to Explore
-
But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
-
A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
-
I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
-
I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
-
It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
-
Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
-
I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
-
The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
-
What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
-
Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
-
When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
-
'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
-
'Vanity' means worthlessness.
-
When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
-
Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
-
I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
-
Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
-
The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
-
I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
-
Writing is a sad process, sitting on your ass for many, many hours, alone in a room, smelling like coffee, sadness and bitterness, and watching your youth leave.
-
A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for himself. You can write a short story for yourself. But for me, comedy by its nature is communal. If other people don't get it, I'm not sure why you are doing it.
-
I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.
-
Let's clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.
-
I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
