Will Self Quotes
Because I was a young man so, of course, I did get into fights. The last time I actually was in a fight, in the sense of throwing punches myself, was probably when I was at college, not since 1980. But I remember being attacked quite a few times in the '80s.
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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It's one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It's another to get a letter from a grown child saying they're coming back to live with you!
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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After school, my sister and I helped our mom in the garden. We grew potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes - not for fun, but to eat.
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I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
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I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And that was my ploy. I had to be careful not to say things like 'I like meat.' Actually I just wanted to drink beer and to screw.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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I want to do that. That's my goal. I want to become a legend.
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Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.
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I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space, whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.
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Because I was a young man so, of course, I did get into fights. The last time I actually was in a fight, in the sense of throwing punches myself, was probably when I was at college, not since 1980. But I remember being attacked quite a few times in the '80s.
