Antoine Fuqua Quotes

I don't know if Prince even really paid attention to time. The moment of creativity is the moment, and you go at that moment.

Antoine Fuqua

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• I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.

  

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• I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

  

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• It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.

  

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• My highest point was the first thing I won, a short story competition in a women's magazine in the Eighties. It was the first time I'd had my writing validated, and the first thing I'd ever shown anyone else.

  

  Kate Atkinson
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  • Up
  • Time
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  W. G. Sebald
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• This to me is the secret comedy of all author interviews, down through the ages, even the good ones in the 'Paris Review' and places. They're all acting. It's like watching a person in a play.

  

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• I don't know if Prince even really paid attention to time. The moment of creativity is the moment, and you go at that moment.

  

  Antoine Fuqua
  • Time
  • Attention
  • Creativity