"A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods."

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Matthew Tobin Anderson

#Years Quotes #Play Quotes #Narrative Quotes

“What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.”
“Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.”
“For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.”
“The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist.”
“No activity I know is more of a confidence builder and at the same time more 'humility training' than wrestling.”
“Some people wouldn't say I coached in the National Football League. I coached with the Raiders, right?”
“I've always dabbled. I've always nearly written a book, I've always tried painting, I've always tried to make something out of ideas, really. It was never a plan. I never thought, "Right. First I'll get famous, and then I'll do a book.”
“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.”

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