"Violence is so terribly fast . . . the most perverse thing about the movies is the way they portray it in slow motion, allowing it to be something sensuous . . . the viewer's lips slightly wet as the scene plays out. Violence is nothing like that. It is lightning fast, chaotic, and totally intangible."

-- Jim Carroll

#Play Quotes #Violence Quotes #Lips Quotes

“But I don't think it's as dangerous, scary, or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, what if I would have shown up?”
“Unfulfilled dreams, ongoing relational tension, the loss of friendships, a hard marriage, rebellious teenagers, the death of loved ones, remaining sinful patterns - whatever it is for you - live long enough, lose enough, suffer enough, and the idealism of youth fades, leaving behind the reality of life in a broken world as a broken person.”
“It's always a thrill to walk through a Broadway stage door.”
“I had been playing since I was 2 years old, never remembering a life without music, always playing everything naturally and mostly by ear, and all the grownups wanted were more scales and drudgery out of me.”
“You can't think the thoughts you want to think if you think you're being watched.”
“Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.”
“I was never very happy at school.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm proud of being a vaudevillian, the last of my line. A lot of people think my entertainment is candy-floss. Well, entertainment is too aggressive these days, all 'in your face'.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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