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'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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There was no arguing with a man's faith in the legends of his childhood.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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I live and breathe and do four times as much four times as fast as anyone else.
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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.
