Ben Lerner Quotes
Experiments with the "as if" of fiction are often more lively in poetry and criticism and other modes of writing than in weak short stories or novels.
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I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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I like that the 'Underworld' series created a whole other world that's totally different yet familiar to our own.
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When I sit down to write, I know everything I need to know... I start writing, and within 30 seconds or 60 seconds, I'm watching a movie. I'm not making this stuff up; the characters are acting it out,and I'm just writing it down.
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This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
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I'm at peace with my family, my friends, myself and God so there's really nothing else that I worry about.
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I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'
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One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
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When I look at a film, I don't think, 'Oh, I wish I had done that' because I haven't done that role, so it doesn't matter.
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I'm a huge fan of the Clintons. I love Hillary; I love Bill.
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'Ray Donovan' is very dark and very serious. As actors will tell you, the darker and more serious the material, the more jokes that go around set. It's a counterbalance.
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I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
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The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.
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Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.
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I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
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I've got my foot in 'Saturday Night Live,' and my heart is there in a lot of ways, but I'm really pushing myself to do these new projects. It's scary as hell, but it's fun to have other things to keep my creative brain cooking.
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My fear with Trump was always that he didn't have great solutions.
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I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.
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There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.
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Experiments with the "as if" of fiction are often more lively in poetry and criticism and other modes of writing than in weak short stories or novels.
