"I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself."

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Source : "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.

Griffin Dunne

#Schizophrenic Quotes

“Whereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing individuals have "superior awareness of their own impulses, desires, opinions, and subjective reactions in general."”
“I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.”
“It's all up to you, girls. You have to be strong. These are the days of post-women's liberation. You have grown up by now and you have to take care of yourself. No one's going to help you.”

Source : Kathy Acker (2017). “Blood and Guts in High School”, p.40, Penguin UK
“What interests me is to paint the kind of antisensitivity that impregnates modern civilization. I think art since Cezanne has become extremely romantic and unrealistic, feeding on art. It is Utopian. It has less and less to do with the world. It looks inward - neo-Zen and all that. Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.”
“I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.”
“I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.”
“The case for meat-eaters - if eating meat is a sin, then why are some plants carnivorous?”
“Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.”

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