Will Self Quotes
When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined to give it. But a creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism - you learn this as you go on.
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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I love my work, and I feel fortunate to be doing a job I love, but it isn't the centre of my life.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
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I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
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I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
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I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrepreneurship cool-aid, I bleed this stuff.
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I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut.
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I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
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I get these weird divine feelings. They're, like, so strong I can't shake them.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.
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I've been taught in my life that you can have plans, but you can't count on them.
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It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
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I am not as simple as I look.
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My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know what real liberty means. And if I could bring that about today by giving up my life, I would do it gladly.
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials.
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I don't give interviews on Chanel because it is not useful for the Chanel business.
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I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.
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Americans used to be able to depend on their jobs to provide a stable retirement.
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Every Thursday or something, my mother would shoot it at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center. And sometimes she would have me there when Morris The Cat was on, and Lassie was on.
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When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined to give it. But a creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism - you learn this as you go on.
