Jonathan Ames Quotes
A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.
Quotes to Explore
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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It's not enough for just us to invest in Utah; more and more, we are encouraging businesses around the world to follow suit. We want them to invest in and become part of Utah's future and to allow Utah to invest and become part of theirs.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
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Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often don't have the financial means to fight back.
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It was always my dream, to do a leading role on Broadway. It's what I went to college to do, in hopes of one day someone taking a chance on me and saying, 'You know what? You're going to be our girl.'
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In golf I am one under; one under a tree, one under a rock, and one under a bush.
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I don't write anything if I'm not agreeable and liking it. I'm not one of these slavers who wads up paper. It comes or it doesn't.
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As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood.'
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I'm more interested in moving toward writing stories - thinking about the graphic novel form, and just something more long-form. I did a lot of literary translation in college. Translation is an art. But for sure writing has always been a part of how I think through my ideas.
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A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.
