Genesis P-Orridge Quotes

A real New Yorker is always someone who came here from somewhere else to avoid some kind of persecution, often sexual-preference based, or to be discovered in one of the infinite-though-no-longer-thriving alternative scenes, i.e. theater, music, dance, vaudeville, art, drag, or, in those of the greatest egos, to be 'the next Andy Warhol.'

Genesis P-Orridge

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 22, 1950

Topics

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I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me.

Andrew Greeley

MeDoingSayWayWriteFinish

I remember early on, in my very, very early days, I had a makeup artist tell me that I needed to get an attitude. I had no idea what he was talking about.

Andie MacDowell

AttitudeMeMakeupTalkingRemember

Sleep is Mother Nature's best effort yet to counter death.

Matthew Walker

NatureMotherBestDeathSleep

I am far more pragmatic than the stereotype of the sex permits.

Ann Maxwell

I AmSexMoreStereotypePragmatic

I'd like to do a record that doesn't even reference actual places. Because I think it's kind of an open-ended concept. It doesn't have to be taken so literally.

Sufjan Stevens

ThinkKindPlacesBecauseLikeEven

I want to go back to my country to help other girls. We need to support girls to see other possibilities for themselves, to have a vision for their own future.

Sonita Alizadeh

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I left Delhi in 1989 and remember very little of how life used to be then. Increasingly, in my recent visits to Delhi, I've started to realize that the city has become intellectually very lively. It makes me want to discover the city over and over again.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

LifeCityMeRememberWantBecome

I'm kind of pleased with myself that I've got a tailor on Savile Row. I'm 68 years old. I deserve it.

Tommy Lee Jones

MyselfKindDeserveOldTailorGot

My pops, the whole time while I was growing up, was conscious of what we ate. He made sure we exercised and had time outside. He knew having a healthy lifestyle meant exercise.

Tony Rock

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I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working.

Debra Winger

ThinkLovedFamousYouUnderstand

What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.

David Simon

StoryYouReasonOnlyMakeWriter

Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking.

Chuck Palahniuk

DeathMeetingKindAlwaysAuthors

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