Barry Malzberg Quotes
Once you start rewriting, you're not able to stop. With each draft the fundamental banality and worthlessness of the material becomes more evident even as its vitality and spontaneity are drained from it.
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I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected... but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table.
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By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world's most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
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If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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All of the land of Israel is ours.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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I really don't have a type. I never had a type. If I could put them all together, it's, like, the most different grouping. So I love when guys are funny. I love guys that are funny and goofy and over the top. And you know, I really like personality.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I'm painfully middle class.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. And I still have to suppress that part of me because it can sometimes be a hindrance.
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If you do something, expect consequences.
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Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.
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You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you don't get a chance to catch on.
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I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time.
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We were in love with 'Mean Streets' and 'Taxi Driver.' We had no idea why nothing remotely like that was done in Denmark.
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I've spent years trying to time up my drops with my throws. You learn to listen to your feet and trust your positions.
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I once blurted out that I found it impossible to bond with my son Winston because I was too tired. I mean how bloody awful does that sound? What a tosser!
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Well it was sent to me, well because almost everything that is written in Baltimore is sent to me. And David Simon, who was a writer for the Baltimore Sun, spent one year following the homicide squad in Baltimore and he chronicled that period of time.
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I don't think there's a hobby that I haven't tried on.
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Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.
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Once you start rewriting, you're not able to stop. With each draft the fundamental banality and worthlessness of the material becomes more evident even as its vitality and spontaneity are drained from it.
