Amy Sedaris Quotes

I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd get your supplies, and then you'd use your imagination.

Amy Sedaris

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ImaginationPovertyHobbyYouOut

I married the reigning mustache champion.

Megan Mullally

ChampionMustacheMarriedReigning

I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance.

Ang Lee

LifeRomanticExperienceRomance

The novelist's obligation to remake the sensuous texture of a vanished world is also the historian's. The strongest fiction writers often do deep research to make the thought and utterances of lost time credible.

Simon Schama

TimeResearchWorldDeepThought

Very often when a story really holds us, it gets pushed away because it's too close for comfort.

Mike Nichols

StoryComfortAwayUsBecauseClose

In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.

Mika

FamilyPastMeFindGayNobody

Churches should be able to decide what kinds of unions are sanctified by their denomination, but not what kinds of unions are accepted in the civil arena.

Jared Polis

UnionsDecideKindsAbleAccepted

Because I grew up on 'Star Wars', that was the best example of creating a full and rich world to me as a writer. When I was watching those movies as a kid, I wanted to know more about every damn character in that universe. There was always a hint that there was a story there that you just weren't getting to see.

Christopher McCulloch

CharacterBestMeWorldStoryRich

I used to work the graveyard shift.

Bradley Cooper

WorkUsedShiftGraveyard

I don't consider what I do 'art.' It's 'storytelling.'

Brian Stelfreeze

ArtStorytellingConsider

My career is a burden, but I can't just fade out like a pathetic sore loser. More often than not, I'm just making a fool of myself for the hundredth time, and that wasn't part of the plan, initially. I'd be happier not having any kind of public presence whatsoever and just hiding behind the sleeves of the CD.

Ariel Pink

TimeMyselfFoolLoserPlanCareer

Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.

Alice Thomas Ellis

PastDeathThinkEnemyWillLast

It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?

Nigel Rees

PoliticsDoctorBetterLookSpin

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