Patrick deWitt Quotes
After 'The Sisters Brothers,' I tried to write a contemporary story dealing with an investment adviser in New York City who moves to Paris. I did all this research, but after about a year and any number of pages written, I was bored stiff.
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.
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There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.
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My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.
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I think music needs danger; it needs risk.
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I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy... worship!
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The music I love listening to is more of the Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dido, Jewel, Nora Jones, Joss Stone, a bit more of that organic live-instrumentation feel.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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The trains were the beating heart of the New York graffiti scene.
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When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
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We've heard that the hookup culture is destroying us. We've heard that it's saving us. We've heard that it's racist. We've agonized over which one of these is true.
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My ex-husband didn't like my singing. He didn't like my hair. He hated my eyes. Everything. Everything he complimented me on when we first met, he just hated.
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I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel: Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. In conversions, in budgets, in the eyes of the law. No one can claim ownership over the Jewish God.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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My family weren't actors, and we didn't know any actors. It wasn't even something I was aware you could do as a job. I thought you had to be a Redgrave or a Barrymore before you were allowed to go to drama school.
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Painting can never show her nose in company with architecture without being snubbed.
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Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in a union.
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I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan.
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Dentists seem to me very orderly, businesslike people who appear to become somewhat bored with the routine of their work after a period of time. Perhaps I'm wrong.
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Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship.
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After 'The Sisters Brothers,' I tried to write a contemporary story dealing with an investment adviser in New York City who moves to Paris. I did all this research, but after about a year and any number of pages written, I was bored stiff.
