Andy Ihnatko Quotes
I wish I were less awkward around strangers. I never know what to say when someone asks me who I am and what the hell I'm doing in their house.
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Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading fiction. Isherwood had faults that we'd say were unforgiveable in a novel (he was careful to distance himself from these in his autobiographical fiction).
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Some say I was disappointed when President Obama won, and that is absolute nonsense.
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I hear a lot of 'Top Model' girls say they are dismissed by clients because they recognize them, but it never happened to me.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States.
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What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
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My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.
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Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird.
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I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months.
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I feel like I go through an awkward phase almost every day.
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Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.
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If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"
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Just say no to drugs!
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People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.
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People are going to say what they want to say.
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It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not.
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When somebody asks what I do, I guess I say 'writer' first.
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If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
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I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.
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I've only been in long-term relationships. I've never really dated myself.
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I had expected that at some point during the first draft a light would go on, and I would understand, finally, how to write a book. This never happened. The process was akin to blindly walking in the dark, feeling my way only by touch, and only recognising dead ends when I smacked into them.
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Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.
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I wish I were less awkward around strangers. I never know what to say when someone asks me who I am and what the hell I'm doing in their house.
