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John Darnielle Quotes

I used to assume no one would care, but I do think now I've written songs that are useful to people having dark hours.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: March 16, 1967

Topics

People Think Care Dark Now Used

Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity.

Opportunity Awesome Departure Created

I was raised with a father who really believed in the bridge between all Africans around the world.

Father Bridge World I Was Raised Who

I swim every other day. That's my exercise.

Day Exercise Swim Other Every

On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely.

Melissa Etheridge

Alone Road Lonely Rock Star You

The last time I saw Dad alive, he was in the hospital. He was watching 'Hell Drivers,' a crummy B-movie about truckers, on TV and reading the 'Daily Record.' This seems scarcely believable, but I actually said, 'Dad, you've not got long to go - don't you think you should be imbibing the culture a bit more?'

Daily Time Culture Reading Think

I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes.

Ideas Structure Up Come Far Like

Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a consequence enlarges our understanding of what is happening.

Roger Rosenblatt

Great Surprise Understanding Why

Listen, in England people are already writing their memoirs at the age of 23.

Age People Writing Listen Memoirs

I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.

Never High Started Film Aspirations

Sometimes, being a single mother, I miss the freedom. I see my other friends with kids, and when they go out for a drink, it is the dad that stays in.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

Mother Freedom Friends Go Sometimes

I have been sent three or four scripts for television series, but there wasn't anything I really wanted to do. I want to tell a good story, whether it's a TV show, a movie, whatever. That's really my No. 1 criteria.

Good Story Television Three Want

Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids' attention, but we're not going to get kids reading by badmouthing other entertainment. Admit that TV and games can do things books can't.

Reading Media Attention Television

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