Will Self Quotes
Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed by the peculiarities of these communications media have simply failed to adjust to the shock of the old. People who bleat on about the 'artistic' potential of television qua television are equally deluded.

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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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I moved on from dice baseball to 'MLB: The Show' on PlayStation.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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I've always had a problem with conventional punctuation of dialogue because it does seem to me to set it off too much from the narrative. I mean, in life, things don't stop while somebody says something, and then stuff starts up again; it's all happening at once.
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Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact.
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I love working out at the gym, especially weight training. Therefore, my personal de-stress mantra is exercising.
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I'm not much of an analyzer or a psychologist.
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My sister is not a public person, so I don't think it's right to discuss her.
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Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed by the peculiarities of these communications media have simply failed to adjust to the shock of the old. People who bleat on about the 'artistic' potential of television qua television are equally deluded.