"The Bible is still the only dirty book I've ever read, at least in its current incarnation as a weapon of the homophobes. Bible scholarship keeps trying to catch up, proving that all the hatred of gay is just stupid translation, though the snake-oil preachers don't want to hear it."

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Source : Paul Monette (2017). “Reflections: The World of Paul Monette”, p.33, Open Road Media

Paul Monette

#Stupid Quotes #Book Quotes #Dirty Quotes

“You always have to go for bigger and better things.”
“I still hate making pictures! And I don't like Hollywood any better. I detest the limelight and love simplicity, and in Hollywood the only thing that matters is the hullabaloo of fame. If Hollywood will let me alone to find my way without forcing me and rushing me into things, I probably will change my feelings about it. But at present Hollywood seems utterly horrible and interfering and consuming. Which is why I want to leave it as soon as I am able.”
“Even when there's not a joke or a hook, the first line has to be good and snapem to attention. Songs ain't novels. You don't have 30 pages to slowly wrap somebody in. They're more like short stories or poems. If the first line hasn't grabbed them, you won't get to the second line. Once you've developed an audience, you may have some luxury and trust, so you don't have to knock 'em over the head with line one.”
“You know, when you're part of a comedic duo, you can take breaks. It's kind of like having a partner that is good with a kid.”
“I don't think people have ever cast me for anything too traditional or midwestern or housewifey,”
“What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't”
“What ultimately matters is the emotions and feelings that you experienced and people around [whom] you experienced [them].”
“There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.”

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