Zoe Kazan Quotes
When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Don't let the Disney princess hair fool you.
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I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.
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It takes me a long time writing books. It takes me about five years to write a book, and when I'm done, the last thing I want to do is to do it again.
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Language is me, in a way. Really, I feel it.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at the Palm Springs Festival, and recommended I get into acting, so I was like, 'Oh, okay.' I just started from there, singing and acting.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
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When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
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A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.
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I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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Picture books have terrible PR amongst the children of this country. Ask any librarian: after a certain age, children just aren't interested in the picture book section anymore. It's filled with moms, strollers, and unbalanced toddlers.
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We need to think about how we teach working-class children about not just hard skills, like reading and mathematics, but also soft skills, like conflict resolution and financial management.
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They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.
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I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a shame.
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I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them.
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When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.
