Will Oldham Quotes

I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording will last longer than a performance.

Will Oldham

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Fiction is my deepest love, but I love journalism, too. It keeps me thinking vigorously, and it reminds me that there is a world out there.

Jennifer Egan

LoveMeWorldThinkingJournalism

Never forget that the truest luxury is imagination, and that being a writer gives you the leeway to exploit all of the imagination's curious intricacies, to be what you were, what you are, what you will be, and what everyone else is or was or will be, too.

Andrew Solomon

ImaginationCuriousLuxuryYouNever

When I was young, you went to school, dealt with your friends and drama, went home, did your homework, went to bed, and started over the next day. But that social interaction that happens at school doesn't end now - it goes until the minute you go to bed and starts again when you wake up.

Michael Imperioli

HomeDaySchoolWake UpEndFriends

I put a lot of pressure on myself.

Amber Mark

MyselfPressureLotPut

I've been around the 'Star Wars' universe from the beginning.

Ron Howard

BeginningUniverseStarBeenAround

I live on a plane. I like to visit London. If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice, and second would be New York. In Moscow I feel most comfortable. I'm used to four different seasons; it's difficult for people in London to understand. People brought up in Russia like my kids want to play in the snow.

Roman Abramovich

LiveSnowNew YorkPeopleThinkNew

It is very likely that many firms spend more on advertising than, for their own best interests, they should.

Michael Schudson

BestAdvertisingMoreOwnThanMany

Guys are just too fast and too big in the NFL.

Josh Hopkins

FastBigNFLJustGuysToo

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

SomeoneYouDifficultSameRecognize

The medium is less important than the story we're trying to tell and the funniest way to tell it.

Christopher Miller

StoryTryingImportantWayTell

I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean that they are going to change their work in order necessarily to get it, but they're happy if they do get it.

Brian Eno

WorkChangeHappyBe HappyThink

Years ago, I couldn't get arrested in commercials because of my look: 'Is he Jewish, Hispanic, or African-American?' I ended up doing voiceover work, which has been great. Honestly, I can't complain.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

WorkGreatDoingLookJewishUp

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