John C. Hawkes Quotes
I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it.
Quotes to Explore
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.
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When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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I just want get to as high as I can go. I think that's the safest and most politically correct thing I can say. I'm not trying to take anyone's spot. I want to create my own lane and shoot to the sky.
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I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.
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I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.
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Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
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If you're a plumber, you plumb. I'm an actor. I act.
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He had prepared his death much earlier, in his imagination, unaware that his imagination, more creative than he, was planning the reality of that death.
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A writer need not devour a whole sheep in order to know what mutton tastes like, but he must at least eat a chop. Unless he gets his facts right, his imagination will lead him into all kinds of nonsense, and the facts he is most likely to get right are the facts of his own experience.
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Morrissey wrote to me and said, I have a song for you and if we release it as a single, you'll be on the charts for the first time since 1972, I said, what time, where?
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The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up.
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I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it.
