John Zorn Quotes

It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen.

John Zorn

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LiveInterestingYouKnowNever

One summer, when I was a kid, I was in the car with my stepfather, and he was asking me where I thought I ranked, on a scale of 1 to 10. I said, '6,' and he said, '3.' I think it was his way of telling me that I needed to get out and really attack life.

Jim Rash

LifeCarMeThinkThoughtSummer

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

John Adams

NatureIgnoranceConstitutionHonor

The live performance aspect of shooting a multicamera sitcom is wonderful. You have that instant audience reaction.

Melissa Rauch

LivePerformanceYouReactionSitcom

It's nice when you're working in Hollywood and there's a movie you'd like to see that no one is making anymore. You make it yourself.

John Requa

YourselfYouNiceHollywoodSee

I've always loved my red wine, and when I'm not working I can open a bottle too many. I love to cook, so it's one for me and one for the casserole. I would consume a bottle of wine on my own of an evening and then literally pass out.

Amanda Donohoe

LoveRedMeEveningWineLoved

I learned how to take other people's mechanisms of promoting their stuff through me as opposed to promoting my own stuff, as far as getting Snoop DeVilles, SnoopDeGrills, Snoop Doggy Dogg biscuits, Snoop Dogg record label, Snoop Dogg bubble gum, Snoop Youth Football League.

Snoop Dogg

FootballPeopleMeYouthBubbleOwn

You don't write a book to show off.

Tony Orlando

BookYouWriteShow OffShowOff

It's important that your shucked oyster is clean and pristine.

Tom Douglas

ImportantCleanOysterYourPristine

One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep.

Mary MacLane

WorldSayAimAlwaysPayThings

Everybody you work with has their own voice, and if you do your job well enough, even their closest friends or their partner of 40 years isn't going to recognise the fingerprints of a ghostwriter.

Michael Robotham

WorkJobVoicePartnerFriendsYou

I am a very superstitious person.

Luciano Pavarotti

I AmPersonVeryAmSuperstitious

The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father.' And you know what they say? 'I could never do that!'

Lorrie Moore

GoodFatherMotherAdviceYouKnow

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