Caryl Rivers Quotes
I enjoy the process of writing. The torment comes in getting my bottom on the chair and in front of the typewriter.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you're doing. It's a nightmare.
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
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When I moved in, I said, 'I don't care how this makes me look or sound: I am converting one of these bedrooms into a shoe closet.' It's become more of a dressing room, but one wall is shoes in their perfect cubbies.
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The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.
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Maybe if I could ever be a successful comedian then I could be an example that Christians can also have fun.
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I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.
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Unemployment determination in a modern economy was the main subject area of my research from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
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I have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art.
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I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis. Anything.
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Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
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I think when you get past your second album, it all becomes something of a routine. So you have to struggle against that, find a way of making what you do sound fresh and new each time.
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Chaos can be incredibly creative.
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Someone once described me as the Zelig of comedy, and I think I know what he means.
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Don't be a writer, it's a terrible way to live your life, there's nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you really are burning to do it, then go ahead and do it.
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Whenever you bring reality TV into the mix, it's only a matter of time before, whatever fiction you come up with, it'll become real.
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I have faced rejection in this business because of my appearance, but that has only made me stronger and more determined.
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For too long, history has imposed a binary condition on its black citizens: either nameless or renowned, menial or exceptional, passive recipients of the forces of history or superheroes who acquire mythic status not just because of their deeds but because of their scarcity.
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A president of the United States should not have a racist at his side - unacceptable.
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I enjoy the process of writing. The torment comes in getting my bottom on the chair and in front of the typewriter.
