Sean Durkin Quotes
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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Nothing endures but personal qualities.
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I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.
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I think that ageism is a cultural illness; it's not a personal illness.
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When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.
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I just write mechanical things.
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The thing is, I live a very public life, and I have to keep things personal, or else I have no personal life. It's very difficult.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything.
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Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
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Nothing personal - I am just doing my job.
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I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.
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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.
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I write in the studio.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.
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I get 'USA Today,' the 'New York Times,' 'Wall Street Journal' and the 'Star-Telegram' at my doorstep. I can't do without them.
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She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they were still dark-rimmed., haunted, and sad. Most of all though, they were familiar. The fact that we were in front of hundreds of strangers changed nothing at all. I'd spent a summer with those same eyes-scared, lost, confused-staring back at me. I would have known them anywhere.
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When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal.
