Jonathan Carroll Quotes
If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.
Quotes to Explore
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The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
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All autobiography is storytelling; all writing is autobiography.
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I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
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There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.
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To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve into my own psyche. It's more about exploring how I feel rather than making pale imitations of something that came before. We are unique beings, and the way we look at things is our own.
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I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.
Garry Kasparov -
Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.
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Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
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Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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No one today knows what is indecent.
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I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
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If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
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When you left the house today, you had the intention of putting clothes on and you did. You didn't try to put your pants on today. You simply put them on. The same has to hold for all of our intentions. We don't try to be more loving partners. We make the intention, and we act on it.
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When I first start writing a song, I usually write the title first, then the song, and I'll sing the song in my head and think of a visual of the song. If I can't think of a visual behind the song, I'll throw the song away.
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My stockbroker asked me something important today: paper or plastic?
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I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today.
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In ancient times there was no public education, except that of the forum, the theater, and the street, and the general degree of illiteracy was very high. The early men of science were left very much to themselves and such a phrase as "the scientific culture of Alexandria in the third century B.C." does not cover any reality. In a sense, this is still true today; the real pioneers are so far ahead of the crowd (even a very literate crowd) that they remain almost alone.
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The man who sees little always sees less than there is to see; the man who hears badly always hears something more than there is to hear.
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There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.
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If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.
