"I was never trying to be funny. Being funny feels to me like an alternate form of confessionality - that is, a way of dismantling the distance between writer and reader, a way of saying, "come in a little closer.""

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Dan Chiasson

#Distance Quotes #Trying Quotes

“My opinion's no more important than anyone else's. It's just that I have the ability to have access to more ears when I speak because of my job.”
“Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book.”
“I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.”
“Most people are weak and frightened, and run from anything which could be upsetting. Most people, also, are takers and not givers.”
“When I go to sleep, someone wakes up to get their hustle on, that's why I get my 2 hours, their 2 hours and overseas 2 hours in. I'll make sure no one can catch me.”
“It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.”
“I'm an old guitar player who has fallen into television and is so happy he did.”
“Music saved my life. I mean, music is life. It is everything to me. It's why I can meet people - I was so shy as a kid, and when I started to write songs and perform them with my sister in front of the public, people started to talk to me, and that made me feel really good. Everything about it has always been positive.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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