"I don't have any home. Everyone I grew up with, my family, are all dead. So I feel kind of like a ghost. I'm more interested in the past."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

James Purdy

#Home Quotes #Past Quotes #Ghost Quotes

“I talk too much when I'm nervous.”
“I think Chris Weitz is an amazing director, and his sensibility - I wouldn't even know how to articulate it - it's just, he's a very sensitive, interesting guy.”
“There are no ideas in the South, just barbecue.”
“Chance made us sisters. Hearts made us friends.”
“When, about fifteen years ago, I walked into Arshile's studio for the first time, the atmosphere was so beautiful that I got a little dizzy and when I came to, I was bright enough to take the hint immediately. If the bookkeepers think it necessary to make sure of where things and people came from, well then, I came from 36 Union Square ... I am glad that it is about impossible to get away from his powerful influence.”
“I'm like a little kid that has a basketball and don't want nobody else to play with it. "It's mine, it's mine, and it's mine!" When it comes to sneakers.”

Source : "Fat Joe Talks Pun's Wife, Writing Hit Songs & Sneaker Shopping". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. May 5, 2009.
“When you have too much faith in something, it's bound to hurt you. Too much faith in anything will suck you dry. In this way, all the world is a vampire.”
“Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.”

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