"Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude."

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Source : "The wild west" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2001.

Martin McDonagh

#Attitude Quotes #Writing Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.”
“As a dancer I've always checked my body constantly; 'Am I having a good day or am I having a fat day?'”
“...I've never had a dream in my life, Because a dream is what you wanna do, but still haven't pursued. I knew what I wanted, and did it till it was done. So I've been the dream I wanted to be since Day One.”
“Our lives improve only when we take chances.”
“I know already that I will return to this day whenever I want to. I can bid it alive. Preserve it. There is a still point where the present, the now, winds around itself, and nothing is tangled. The river is not where it begins or ends, but right in the middle point, anchored by what has happened and what is to arrive.”
“No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.”
“If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.”
“If you were lost for America, there is nobody who could keep the army and the revolution [going] for six months.”

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