Me Quotes
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My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my dad.
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I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of being away from home for any serious length of time is so inconceivable to me.
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Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.
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My wife is pretty geeky and will occasionally quote 'Anchorman' at me.
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There is only one me.
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I don't want fans mad at me, so I gotta give them what they expect and what they want.
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My parents really encouraged me.
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The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.
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I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his.
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There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.
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Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn't planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I'm not recommending it as a way to write. It's very sloppy, but it works for me.
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For me, the source material can come from anywhere. It can be a poem, it can be a dream, it can be a movie, as long as the end part of it is interesting - that's what it's about for me.
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I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.
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The wheelchair and the prosthesis give me a soapbox to stand on. If it helps me get my message across, I'm glad; then we need to talk about what we need to do for this country.
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Everyone is your friend if you say yes, but say no and watch how they react. It's been a huge life lesson for me.
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I hope to be on 'SNL' as long as they'll let me.
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Doing the stereotypical solo bores me.
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Even if I wore a hat and a wig, you can always tell it's me.
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It's about players making choices as they play, and then dealing with the consequences of those choices. It's about you telling your story, not me telling mine. It's about you.
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All you need to do to be my friend is like me.
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Every hateful statement ever made about me is a dirty lie.
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There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.
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When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are telling me what to think, I get harrumphy.
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I frequently am contacted by people who want to thank me for 'The Brady Bunch.' Whether they grew up during the show's original television run or are brand-new fans of the present generation, they tell me how important 'The Brady Bunch' has been in their lives.
