"I go where the story leads. And, sometimes, it is a little bit outrageous. And I relish that. I sort of want to be as much on the edge as I can."
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"I wasn't a social drinker. I used to say that I didn't want to go to bars because they were full of assholes like me."
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"Showrunning is a thing where you have to work with tons of different people. You have to schmooze people, you have to talk to network people. I don't want to do any of that."
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"The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened."
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"If you really want something, you've got to keep going after it."
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"You can't have all you want remaining who you currently are."
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"We need to keep our ears open to the realities of life. If we don't act on life and take action to make things happen, it will act on us and give us results we might not want."
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"To have everything you want, help as many people as you can possibly find get everything they want."
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"If you want to be deeply respected, deeply respect as many people as possible."
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"If you want to put far more living in your life, start living every day as if it was your last."
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"Clarity precedes mastery and the more clear you can get on what you want to create in life, the more focused you will be in your daily behaviors."
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"Want more credit for all you do and who you are? Be the one who gives credit to others."
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"After the Soft Boys I just didn't want to work with any more guitarists."
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"I'm 63. It's kind extraordinary that I'm out here at all and people want to see me."
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"I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do."
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"I tend to plan as I write. And I want to leave myself open and the character open to keep on going until it seems to be the time to stop."
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"My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do."
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"They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes."
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"As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy."
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"Ill never be as good an actor as I want to be....but I'll be good."
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