Rick Moody Quotes
I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that's been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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Guys back in the day, we didn't have wallets. I never kept my money in my pocket; my money always went in my sock. My key my mom gave me, I put it in my sock - whatever it was.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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I used to know all the lyrics to all the songs from 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
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You can't satisfy everybody. I will continue to do my job until I get fired, and the only people who can fire me are my fans.
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Sexiness should not be overt. Something shapeless that drapes across your hip, hangs off the shoulder; something that cowls in the front, drapes low in the back, that's sexy.
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When I'm in a foreign city, I like to get to know it like a local.
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The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital part of the nation's infrastructure.
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Being a TV actor is quite different from being a movie star, and I always try and highlight my character. It is the reason why I am more inclined to taking frequent sabbaticals: so that when I return, people can identify with the character I play.
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I would have thought there's no greater country to watch rugby than New Zealand.
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It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all.
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My father was somewhat to the right of Genghis Khan.
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The mystery lies in the here and now. The mystery is: What is one to do with oneself? As you get older you begin to realize the trick time is playing, and that unless you do something about it, the passage of time is nothing but the encroachment of the horrible banality of the past on the pure future. The past devours the future like a tape recorder, converting pure possibility into banality. The present is the tape head, the mouth of time. Then where is the mystery and why bother kicking through the ashes? Because there is a clue in the past.
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Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.
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I'm a big fan of 'Orphan Black,' and to be one of the original cast members is something that will always be dear to me.
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Nowadays, many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country, the graves of the fallen are sadly ignored, and worse, neglected.
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There are rumors that we want to move back to the U.K., but we're so happy in America I actually can't see us ever leaving... People ask me how long it took to adapt. Twenty minutes.
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I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.
