Karl Ove Knausgaard Quotes
I'm giving away my family's story. Who owns the family's story? I don't. But you could turn it around and ask, 'Who is to deny me to write my family's story?' I have hurt people, but I don't think in a dangerous way. But you can't tell.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some new best friends.
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It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.
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It is perilously possible to make our conceptions of God like molten lead poured into a specially designed mould, and when it is cold and hard we fling it at the heads of the religious people who don't agree with us.
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I'm giving away my family's story. Who owns the family's story? I don't. But you could turn it around and ask, 'Who is to deny me to write my family's story?' I have hurt people, but I don't think in a dangerous way. But you can't tell.
