John Zorn Quotes
I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.
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We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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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.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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Women drive box office.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.
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I'm always accused of being a crime novelist, but I'm not really.
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I have a lot of amazing women, you know, women in my life who have been an example for me of what not to do.
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It wouldn't bring her back. I know. Trust me, I do. And I would have done far worse, he says, if I'd thought there was a way to bring Regina back. I would have traded places. I would have sold souls. I would have torn this world apart. I would have done anything, broken any rule, just to bring her back.
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I'd like to make the film of Sam Selvon's book 'The Lonely Londoners.'
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I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.
