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When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my belt, so was sort of a novice folkie. ... I was singing folk songs at that time Picture Quote #1

The military is sort of the ultimate test of proving that you’re a man, and certainly that whole idea was very much uppermost in my mind when I joined the Army Picture Quote #1

I feel better about blaming myself if there is some sort of mistake and that’s why I’m not in a rush Picture Quote #1

Usually right when I’m feeling it, right when it’s happening, I always find I need to be in some sort of survival mode or mature mom mode, so it always seems to come later that I have the breakdown Picture Quote #1

The poetry, if you will, of life is reduced to this sort of dry, scientific, you know, it’s the worst sort of precis of who we are Picture Quote #1

I love looking at sculpture, but there’s some sort of spell that’s broken with it Picture Quote #1

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I grew up with a lot of brothers and male cousins, so I had to worm my way in to get heard. But that’s sort of what excites me Picture Quote #1

The Columbia years are the most sentimental for me. My parents were together through most of that time and we were a happy, sort of normal family Picture Quote #1

The moment a career is on a quantitative downswing, your loathsomeness is sort of attenuated Picture Quote #1

I also found it funny to think about blackness as the second person. That was just sort of funny. Not the first person, but the second person, the other person Picture Quote #1

In fact, the capitalist class in the 50s was sort of part of a social contract. It was part of the tenor of the times Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been the sort of person who immerses myself in things, and eventually you become part of that life Picture Quote #1

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I remember as a child I just would copy everyone else’s handwriting, and now I have sort of a version of my sister’s handwriting. And I feel like - sometimes I feel that way for my voice Picture Quote #1

I sort of use as my guiding principle that show The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Whenever possible, do the stupid thing Picture Quote #1

It is true that our skin is sort of more or less the same shade. But is it true that our skin color makes us a distinctive race? No Picture Quote #1

If I have three ideas and I’m working on one more than the others, that sort of tells me that I should work on that one Picture Quote #1

A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort of control over aspects of my life or the world that seem too dark to look at directly Picture Quote #1

Disasters occur organically in my work, in that that’s the way my thinking tends, more than that’s what I start out by planning. I’m sort of a catastrophist Picture Quote #1

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When you get older, everybody sort of changes and moves away. I think that stands the test of time, when you have a friendship from youth that’s still in your life today Picture Quote #1

Music for me is this thing that’s sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people’s stuff Picture Quote #1

We are all going through some sort of struggle, so I try to keep that in mind when someone makes me angry. I also know that being positive is a choice, and I try to make that choice every day Picture Quote #1

The fallacy is that you have to hold some sort of stake in the grief or horror in order to write about it - I think the opposite is true Picture Quote #1

The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history Picture Quote #1

It’s a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it leads to really boring books Picture Quote #1

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I’m sort of annoyed that some very basic things about poetic forms were not conveyed to me in the various poetry courses I took over the years Picture Quote #1

I didn’t really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny Picture Quote #1

There was a time when television was sort of frowned upon among people who wanted to be serious artists. John Travolta kind of exploded that. He was one of the [actors] who made that go away Picture Quote #1

I found it instructive and highly constructive as a writer to go to a point of disaster and come out with a feel for it and then some sort of a lesson based on feeling Picture Quote #1

The [Sarah ]Palin endorsement as sort of vouching for Donald Trump is all about. She is the sort of tribune of not conservatism as ideology Picture Quote #1

There`s sort of a chilling effect on non-profits and the media and a lot of other places because the establishment is so powerful. That`s where the money is Picture Quote #1

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When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my belt, so was sort of a novice folkie. ... I was singing folk songs at that time (Sort Quotes) The military is sort of the ultimate test of proving that you’re a man, and certainly that whole idea was very much uppermost in my mind when I joined the Army (Sort Quotes) I feel better about blaming myself if there is some sort of mistake and that’s why I’m not in a rush (Sort Quotes) Usually right when I’m feeling it, right when it’s happening, I always find I need to be in some sort of survival mode or mature mom mode, so it always seems to come later that I have the breakdown (Sort Quotes) The poetry, if you will, of life is reduced to this sort of dry, scientific, you know, it’s the worst sort of precis of who we are (Sort Quotes) I love looking at sculpture, but there’s some sort of spell that’s broken with it (Sort Quotes) I grew up with a lot of brothers and male cousins, so I had to worm my way in to get heard. But that’s sort of what excites me (Sort Quotes) The Columbia years are the most sentimental for me. My parents were together through most of that time and we were a happy, sort of normal family (Sort Quotes) The moment a career is on a quantitative downswing, your loathsomeness is sort of attenuated (Sort Quotes) I also found it funny to think about blackness as the second person. That was just sort of funny. Not the first person, but the second person, the other person (Sort Quotes) In fact, the capitalist class in the 50s was sort of part of a social contract. It was part of the tenor of the times (Sort Quotes) I’ve always been the sort of person who immerses myself in things, and eventually you become part of that life (Sort Quotes) I remember as a child I just would copy everyone else’s handwriting, and now I have sort of a version of my sister’s handwriting. And I feel like - sometimes I feel that way for my voice (Sort Quotes) I sort of use as my guiding principle that show The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Whenever possible, do the stupid thing (Sort Quotes) It is true that our skin is sort of more or less the same shade. But is it true that our skin color makes us a distinctive race? No (Sort Quotes) If I have three ideas and I’m working on one more than the others, that sort of tells me that I should work on that one (Sort Quotes) A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort of control over aspects of my life or the world that seem too dark to look at directly (Sort Quotes) Disasters occur organically in my work, in that that’s the way my thinking tends, more than that’s what I start out by planning. I’m sort of a catastrophist (Sort Quotes) When you get older, everybody sort of changes and moves away. I think that stands the test of time, when you have a friendship from youth that’s still in your life today (Sort Quotes) Music for me is this thing that’s sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people’s stuff (Sort Quotes) We are all going through some sort of struggle, so I try to keep that in mind when someone makes me angry. I also know that being positive is a choice, and I try to make that choice every day (Sort Quotes) The fallacy is that you have to hold some sort of stake in the grief or horror in order to write about it - I think the opposite is true (Sort Quotes) The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history (Sort Quotes) It’s a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it leads to really boring books (Sort Quotes) I’m sort of annoyed that some very basic things about poetic forms were not conveyed to me in the various poetry courses I took over the years (Sort Quotes) I didn’t really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny (Sort Quotes) There was a time when television was sort of frowned upon among people who wanted to be serious artists. John Travolta kind of exploded that. He was one of the [actors] who made that go away (Sort Quotes) I found it instructive and highly constructive as a writer to go to a point of disaster and come out with a feel for it and then some sort of a lesson based on feeling (Sort Quotes) The [Sarah ]Palin endorsement as sort of vouching for Donald Trump is all about. She is the sort of tribune of not conservatism as ideology (Sort Quotes) There`s sort of a chilling effect on non-profits and the media and a lot of other places because the establishment is so powerful. That`s where the money is (Sort Quotes)

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