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Chester Brown Cartoonist, Author
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"If I do need to make money suddenly, I prefer to just draw something I want to draw and have someone else sell it for me on the Internet."

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Chester Brown Cartoonist, Author
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"I would prefer not to be living with anyone, really. Like, as much as I care for my special friend, I don't want to live with her."

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Chinua Achebe Novelist, Poet
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"When I was in England, I had seen advertisements about typing agencies; I had learned that if you really want to make a good impression, you should have your manuscript well typed."

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Chris Rock Comedian, Actor, Writer
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"It's weird with stand-up comedy. It doesn't really translate worldwide. I want to figure out how do I make it worldwide. Do a special in Africa. Can't beat that. Pull that off, then I will have done something."

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Chris Rock Comedian, Actor, Writer
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"I want to really take chances. I want to be funny in a lot of different ways. I'd like to be great. I want to reach for greatness."

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Chris Rock Comedian, Actor, Writer
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"The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in front of you."

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Chris Rock Comedian, Actor, Writer
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"When you make drama you are like Picasso. Drama is whatever you want it to be."

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"If you want to act, you have to devote yourself to it. Send out letters and photos every day, work all the hours under the sun, whatever it takes. If you're not determined, you won't get anywhere."

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Clancy Brown Actor, Voice Actor
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"If it's something that reaches out and grabs me, I want to do it. I have a lot of trouble doing things that don't grab me. So, I'm not a very good actor in that way. I can't fake it."

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Clive James Writer
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"It's a big thing to call yourself a poet. All I can say is that I have always written poems. I don't think I'm interested in any discussion about whether I'm a good poet, a bad poet or a great poet. But I am sure, I want to write great poems. I think every poet should want that."

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Clive James Writer
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"Not everyone who wants to make a film is crazy, but almost everyone who is crazy wants to make a film."

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Clive James Writer
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"If we want a book to do more than what it does, that's a condemnation. If we want it to do more of what it does, that's an endorsement."

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