Me Quotes
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'Scarface,' I remember going to see that with my father. We didn't know what to expect; we did not know what to expect. I was a kid, and my father took me, and we didn't leave. It was so disturbing, but we loved it.
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Fans give me yellow things, and I think now what's really fun is, when anyone sees yellow now, they'll think of me. Now it's kind of like this self-fulfilling prophecy: Yellow things come to me.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I became so discouraged that I decided to write something that would please me alone - that became my sole criterion. And that was when I wrote 'Forgetting Elena,' the first novel I got published.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.
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To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.
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The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in westerns, or there's a minimal amount of it.
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If you were to ask me to pick my favourite author, well, there are so many of them, I'd really just have to say the first names that came to mind, and I'm sure that I'll later think 'Oh, I should have mentioned that one.'
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I've never really identified with the way a typical alpha male views women. It's always an awkward forum for me to hang out with another guy and talk about girls, because I can't really find a way to fit in.
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It was the Cosby issue that made me realize how much I really cared about women's issues and how much I realize it's important for me to be an advocate for issues that aren't necessarily my own, to be an ally for issues.
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I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me.
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We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids.
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The idea of just sitting at home on Facebook worries me. I think we should all get out more.
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It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.
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Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas – including this one.
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You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy.
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With me being form the South, I wanted to make this album like a G Unit.
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The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.
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I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.
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Whenever something good happens to me, it's usually followed by something terrible.
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And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.
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School didn't work for me. I hated it.
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For me, inventing video games was just one successful thing I had done among many others.
