Harry Mathews Quotes
It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the readers opportunities to follow it at every step.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.
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Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who talks and asks, and talks, and talks, and talks and questions and turns things around. I'm like a little cat, walking around my little nest until I find my place.
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No one is born hating others.
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Did you know what would happen next? Did you know and sit there like God, silent, remorseless, useless?
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Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won.
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Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
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A good book is never exhausted. It goes on whispering to you from the wall.
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I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama.
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The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!
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I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.
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We want to just make music that impacts people - we don't really care about the rest.
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I have a Dominique Wilkins Hawks jersey that I still wear. That's probably my favorite one. What's funny is that I spend all this time collecting jerseys, and now people are out there collecting mine.
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One can not be just if one is not humane.
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To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future.
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The ending shot of 'Queen Christina' with Greta Garbo is amazing. She's at the head of the ship, and she's been through so much, and the camera gets so close to her face. That really sticks out for me.
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Go for Dr. Bowen as soon as you can. I think father is hurt.
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Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick.
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The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.
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Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.
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I won two Golden Globes, and there was a long, long period in between the wins. That might be explained by the fact that when I first won the award, for '3rd Rock on the Sun,' I satirically compared aliens on the show to the Foreign Press Association. And they did not take that well.
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Press the any key ... hmmm where's the any key?
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We were never the trendiest band, but we've always been here.
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It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the readers opportunities to follow it at every step.
