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“I've tried over the years all kinds of ways of going about writing and even just thinking about the idea of writing. There was a time when I decided to try to write a song each day. Whether it was good or bad wasn't important.”
Source : "Lambchop". Interview With Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. October 7, 2008.
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“Love is acceptance. When you love someone . . . you take them into your heart, and that is surely why it hurts so much when we lose someone we love, because we lose a part of ourselves.”
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“Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.”
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“Read a lot. But read as a writer, to see how other writers are doing it. And make your knowledge of literature in English as deep and broad as you can. In workshops, writers are often told to read what is being written now, but if that is all you read, you are limiting yourself. You need to get a good overall sense of English literary history, so you can write out of that knowledge.”
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“Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows.”
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“My favorite TV show is probably 'Glee.' I'm a Gleek, like everyone else!”
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“The best religion is the most tolerant.”
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“There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.”
Source : "Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer", www.cnn.com. May 21, 2006.