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Nick Cave Quotes

When you're on your own, you have all the self-censorship that everybody has when they try and write. All the little voices that say, 'No, you can't write that, what will they think of that?'

Nick Cave

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: australian
Birth: September 22, 1957

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Think You Say Will Try Write

Amongst Women concentrated on the family, and the new book concentrates on a small community. The dominant units in Irish society are the family and the locality. The idea was that the whole world would grow out from that small space.

John McGahern

Family Women Community Space World

If you are prepared, then you are able to feel confident.

Robert J. Ringer

Confident Feel You Able Prepared

I always thought the list needed to be longer. We needed to have a stronger representation of Jewish athletes, and I'm so happy to that I'm part of them now.

Max Aaron

Happy Thought Stronger Now Jewish

In 1998, Vanity Fair asked me to write a big piece for them on the 50th anniversary of the New York City Ballet. My life, to a great extent, had been spent at and with the New York City Ballet, and I decided to try it. It was very scary, writing about something I loved so much and had such strong opinions about.

Robert Gottlieb

Life Great Anniversary New York City

I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown.

Andy Gibb

Hell Bad Back Nervous Been Very

There are movies and TV shows I wish we didn't make, sure, but we're in the business of creating things that are not all going to work.

Steve Burke

Work Business Wish Creating Movies

It's important to face down your demons.

Stephan Jenkins

Face Demons Down Important Your

I don't need much of a character in my life. I've already got one; my family knows who I am, and I don't have a reason to make an impression on the world around me unless it's in a professional context. Acting is not a personal experience; it's a job.

Tommy Lee Jones

Life Family Character Experience Job

I think if you don't risk something in art, it's not really important.

Ruth Negga

Art Think You Important Risk Really

Literary novelists who have a strong handle on plot are often characterized as good vacation reads because they manage to transport you elsewhere, away from the petty facts of ordinary life.

Michelle Dean

Life Good Vacation Strong Facts You

I've always had a dog phobia.

Miranda July

Dog Always Phobia Had

Most of the things I've had a producorial involvement on began as things I was going to direct, or I set out to direct myself and realized either I don't have the fire in my belly to do it, or I don't feel like I've licked the story enough.

Jonathan Mostow

Myself Fire Story Feel Enough Out