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I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense.

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Michael Ondaatje

Before the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting.

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She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.

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I believe this. When we meet those we fall in love with, there is an aspect of our spirit that is historian, a bit of a pedant who reminisces or remembers a meeting when the other has passed by innocently…but all parts of the body must be ready for the other, all atoms must jump in one direction for desire to occur.

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There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You will find in this way the path of your life.

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Everyone has to scratch on walls somewhere or they go crazy

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The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.

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A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you.

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I'm trying to encourage everybody how to go get as much as they want based on their ambition, their drive, their education, desire, and all that. The Clintons are making targets out of people who they think have too much money, other than themselves. I speak inspirationally and positively about the opportunities in America. They want to shut 'em down.

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