Walter Kirn Quotes
Good short-story collections, like good record albums, are almost always hit-and-miss affairs - successful if they include three or four great tracks, wildly successful if they have five. And that's as it should be.
Quotes to Explore
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This is who I am: a flyspeck of human vanity in a trillion miles of stone-dead interstellar space; a graceless lump of flesh and fear in a remote desert where nearly everything that I can see or touch is designed to hurt me.
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The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.
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I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.
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Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.
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Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.
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It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.
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Surfing big waves is not an extreme sport to me. I fall off, tumble down, and come up. My heart's racing because I'm thinking I almost drowned, and I thank God I can breathe again, but I always think, 'What am I hitting?' Water.
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The movie wasn't a hit, although it did well in Europe for some reason.
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L.A.'s a great city in a lot of ways. There's a lot of great weather here. I know some good people.
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I loved making Pure Country. It was a great learning experience for me, seeing another part of the entertainment industry.
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Good short-story collections, like good record albums, are almost always hit-and-miss affairs - successful if they include three or four great tracks, wildly successful if they have five. And that's as it should be.
