John Landgraf Quotes
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.
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My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.
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When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.
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Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet. But it is finding an end to the recession.
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I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.
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I tell inmates all the time, 'Don't complain about your grind. Do your time.'
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I have not suffered any nerve damage, nor have I received any treatment for nerve damage.
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Working from home as a mother is the worst of everything. You don't have clear boundaries. The kids can get used to you going to work; they can't get used to you ignoring them. And work sometimes gets the message you're not as committed.
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If I do have kids, I can't wait because I'm excited to go back to school to help them with their homework and remember how to do simple math. I think it's about staying curious and not losing the sense of wonder.
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I'm not going to give up the shock part of my comedy.
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I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.
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Often, investors will discover a manager after he's had a terrific run, usually when he lands on a magazine cover somewhere. Invariably, funds swell up with new investor money just before they revert to their long-term averages.
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My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view of the world was, 'Cooking is my job, and studying is your job.' I think, in retrospect, she didn't like the chaos. She was very orderly. It had to be her way.
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I hate writing. I almost never write. I write against deadlines. And when I'm teaching, I'm focused on that.
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I was born naked. I'm a natural. I'm a natural nude. So I've been on camera naked a lot.
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When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I've got.
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I get the best inspiration or the most creativity from real emotions.
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It is better to go to defeat with free will than to live in a meaningless security as a cog in a machine.
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An ideal reader is someone who doesn't know what on Earth you've been doing, who will look at it with absolute freshness and go, 'Oh, so that's what you've been up to.'
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Fame is a funny thing. I like doing normal things. I like going to fairs. I like going to ball games. I like going to Disney World or a big field on the Fourth of July and having picnics with friends. The problem is you're either worried you're going to be recognized, or you're thankful you're not. It's always there.
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No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.
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Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses.
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I read every draft of every episode of every series produced at FX.
