"It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject."

-- LeRoy Neiman

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“I do have a few personalities. When people started making a big deal out of it, I started making names for these people.”
“I'm not here to win a popularity contest. I'm here to work and have a career. Let the haters hate. I'm ready for the criticism.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“...language is never innocent.”

Source : Roland Barthes (1984). “Writing degree zero ; &, Elements of semiology”, Random House (UK)
“Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.”

Source : Interview with Lawrence Grobel, www.playboy.com. December, 1998.
“Happiness is really rooted in simplicity. The tendency to excessiveness in thought and action diminishes happiness.”
“For me, the only ego that needs serving in putting together a film is the story's, the ego of the story and it's the piece itself that you want to bring out the voice of the piece. You're really serving that and that's the thing that you have a basic understanding of.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“My mom gives me an allowance. She keeps me pretty tight-reined.”
“The absence of fear is love.”

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