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Clay Shirky Quotes

Whether it's long-form journalism or investigative journalism, it's no fun to just be the guy diagnosing the problem.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1964

Topics

Fun Problem Journalism Guy Just

When I was two and a half or three, my mom got a call from someone asking if wanted to go on an audition. I ended up getting the job; it was a commercial for Hasbro. It was my first audition and first commercial. I just had to smile and laugh and dance around.

Megan Charpentier

Smile Dance Job Mom Laugh Someone

I always knew I was different than everyone else, and smarter.

Always Everyone Different Knew Than

Saddam was a bad guy. Assad's a bad guy. Nobody's denying that.

Bad Nobody Bad Guy Guy Saddam

We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

Change Talent Smart Think Choose

It's a really diverse time in music, with all these different DJs and all these different categories, and we are all taking footnotes from everyone else. There are no real genre boundaries anymore; you can take a trance idea and put it into a trap record - it's not that uncommon.

Music Time You Real Boundaries Take

The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.

Money Place First Take Prize Still

I like the music from Drake. I like the music from PARTY. I like music from The Weeknd, Justin Bieber.

Music Party Like Justin Bieber Drake

I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else.

People Treat Think You Important

I would never write something that made me uncomfortable. I'm not sure it's even possible.

Me Uncomfortable Possible Never Sure

I've always been very interested in political violence. When I finished high school, I did a small dissertation about political violence and fascism in Italy.

Loretta Napoleoni

School Small High School Political

I was a big fan of 'Star Trek.' But then again, you know, 'Star Trek', 'Star Wars', 'Doctor Who', I wasn't a big fan, but you know, when they ask you and they cast you and it drops in your lap, how can you say no to these franchises.

Doctor You Know Say Ask Drops

Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.

Live Fool You Now See Without

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