Haruki Murakami Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then wither on the vine. You're optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Haruki Murakami 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. C. Fields 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		God is a verb, not a noun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				R. Buckminster Fuller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a crazy Pee-wee Herman fan when I was in my early teens. Before he had the kids' TV show, he had a nightclub show in L.A., and I had gotten a VHS copy of it. It was a kids' show, but onstage in a bar, so it's sort of poking fun at the kids' show. And I was obsessed with that, and then 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dallas Roberts 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted 'Hell or High Water' to feel like a road movie and an exciting, fun film - until it's not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Sheridan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natalie Merchant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a big 'Blue Valentine' fan. I really loved that movie. And I thought the performances were just unbelievably real, which is certainly what I always strive for in my work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dane DeHaan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed to enjoy them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack White 
			 
			
				The White Stripes  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I felt the Lord telling me just to be patient all year. Whether it happened this year, next, or never, everything was going to be okay. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Webb Simpson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in westerns, or there's a minimal amount of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick deWitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The nameless loser in Jay McInerney's 'Bright Lights, Big City' is going to the dogs like a gentleman. He is too smart to blame anyone for the impasse he has come to, hip enough to know he does not know enough, too sophisticated to masquerade as an anti-hero. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Darryl Pinckney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've gotten burnt the last few years on a couple of little independent films where you get paid nothing, you work your ass off, there's no marketing budget except you going on every talk show. But you're seeing it all over. I mean, these disasters at NBC, with the morning show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Michael Douglas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then wither on the vine. You're optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Haruki Murakami