"When you're a young writer and you look at people praising a big hefty anthology that has uncovered a long lost genre, it can be disorienting to look inside it and think, "But what it's uncovered still isn't me. What does this mean? Do I not belong in this genre, or is there more of the genre yet to find?""

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John D'Agata

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes

“He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.”
“I think it's amazing to have one writer write every episode of a series. It's very rare, I think. You get a voice that continues.”

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“All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.”
“Writing and working with producers is like dating - it sounds strange to say that, but you have to test people out. You have to be like: 1) I like your music. 2) I like you, you're a good person. 3) Let's hang out and see if we can work together. And that is where music comes from.”

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“All my life I've been surrounded by people who are smarter than I am, but I found I could always keep up by working hard.”
“Children ought not to be victims of the choices adults make for them,”
“When we spend our lives waiting until weâ€™re perfect or bulletproof before we walk into the arena, we ultimately sacrifice relationships and opportunities that may not be recoverable, we squander our precious time, and we turn our backs on our gifts, those unique contributions that only we can make,”
“I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.”

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