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I have a day job Monday to Friday. I work at a record label in Brooklyn called Ba Da Bing. It's a great indie label and I listen to music all day. I meet people online and find out about the cool new music blogs.
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Concept is what makes actors raise their game.
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My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.
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I loved 1930's women's pictures'films by Josef Von Sternberg or William Wyler. So, I fashioned a style out of that. The integrity and ethos of what I would write, however, came from the films of Ousmane Sembene and from reading Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath and Alice Walker.
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I hate rushing the creative process, but there could definitely be a lot worse lots in life.
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All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.
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I knew very early that somehow I would sing and draw and paint my whole life.
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The cruelty of the effeminate is more dreadful than that or the hardy.
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In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best in my life, so if you're dating someone who doesn't want you to be the best person you can be, you shouldn't be dating them.
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The thing about courage is it’s something that we have to learn and relearn our whole lives. It’s not just in you, it’s in every choice we make every day.
