About Quotes
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When you're writing a song, you have to know two things. You have to know who you are, and you have to think about other people.
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Location is all about the efficiency of work for me.
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love is all about timing
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The thing about coming back to the Bay Area, it's like coming home for me.
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In the process of writing '13,' friends were asking if I was OK because I was saying things about religion or about intervening in other countries militarily that I wouldn't normally spout over dinner. In the moment of writing the play, I genuinely changed what I thought.
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About the girls she only thought of marriage, and about marriage she thought as an ignorant, dissatisfied, but helpless slave did of slavery.
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I've tried to write in a way that transcends beyond just sexuality and is more about letting go of our fear and trusting the people around us.
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One of the things about having worked at certain places is that it becomes very hard after you stop working at them to continue a relationship, to continue even reading them. So I must confess that I don't read 'New York' magazine anymore.
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There's no unifying brand about me other than I'm a writer who shares my thoughts. Sometimes my thoughts are designed to help people, and other times, my thoughts are designed to change the political system and challenge those who need a good fight.
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'Crocodile Dundee' is about people; it's 10 seconds about crocodiles.
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A big part of directing animation is deciding what you really want to do and making sure it's about something. My favorite thing about animation is the storytelling. You can really dig into the story and spend time with the writers. The writers don't just write and leave.
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I just want to help people become winners. That's what I'm about. I'm about winning.
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When you go into a situation, and you're honest and straight-up about something, you put all your cards on the table.
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Even though 'Glee' is sometimes a hard road, I am very excited about writing a multi-year arc.
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And that's all I've got to say about that.
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About a year ago, out of the blue, I just wrote a bunch of songs.
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It's like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you're all excited, 'My God, how did I ever get here?' Then, about six months later, you say, 'How the hell did the rest of them get here?'
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One thing about me is that I don't like being told I can't do something.
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It's not about how to get started; it's about how to get noticed.
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Being honest to who I am led me to write 'If Our Love Is Wrong,' and that allowed me to fully realize the direction I should be heading to - human nature, real emotions, and issues about LGBT.
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I will continue to be open in my music and in interviews and keep those conversations going about the issues we face as an LGBT+ community until those conversations no longer need to be had.
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What would it be like to care so little about what other people thought of you?
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I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist.
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Bad thing about playing at Alabama? I really didn't have any bad moments.
