Erin Way Quotes
Maybe 'Doonby' will haunt people for awhile and make them wonder, 'What was that really about?' And that excites me as an artist.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'
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For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep reliable dictionaries and textbooks at his elbow; eschewing as far as possible that hasty extemporaneous manner of writing which is the privilege of more advanced students.
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The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
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I'm taking a vow not to advise.
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It's things I wouldn't normally do in my real life, so when I go to work and get to beat people up and shoot guns and get waterboarded, those are things I find completely interesting.
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Pineapple reduces swelling.
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Maybe I need to make a change, or maybe it's living here in New York or using social media or working in media and entertainment, but I feel like I'm constantly trying to maintain this sense of, 'Why do I do what I do?'
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I actually lost both my legs. I can walk because I got really good health care.
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I put it a still life of a pear, made by Manet there on the wall, next to Ingres' painting 'Jupiter', for a pear like that would overthrow any god.
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When I met Dante I didn't work in the movies, but I enjoyed so much the movies. I worked in interior design and when I met Dante, we tried to do something together.
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There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the television set.
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I wanted to be a dancer my whole life. And when I gave it up to act, I always had a really sad part of myself that missed it and missed performing and missed being physical in that way.
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The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.
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I'm not going to tell you the movies, but I remember getting halfway through the thing and everything sort of tunnel-visioned on me and I couldn't read the script anymore. I looked at the people and I just turned and ran out in a cold sweat. It took me about a year to study it and feel comfortable going in and reading for people.
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Maybe 'Doonby' will haunt people for awhile and make them wonder, 'What was that really about?' And that excites me as an artist.
