Patrick deWitt Quotes

One of the nice things about writing is you can take essentially painful things in your life and turn them into something that might be useful, or at least entertaining, to somebody else.

Patrick deWitt

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LifeWritingYouNiceTurnPainful

I would never knowingly go and date somebody that my friend loved.

Jessica St. Clair

FriendLovedGoNeverDateWould

Forty-five million people hit that button for 'In These Streets.' When you find out you have that kind of popularity, you better use it. It's called responsibility.

Jenifer Lewis

ResponsibilityPeopleBetterYouOut

By being a waiter 100 percent, I think I was a lot like any other actor in New York. I had credits because I'd work lunches during the week, and then on a Wednesday would go be lucky enough to be in a movie like 'Kinsey.'

John Krasinski

WorkNew YorkThinkEnoughWeekNew

I tried, after I wrote 'Twilight,' to read 'The Historian,' because it was the big thing that summer. But I can't read other people's vampires. If it's too close, I get upset; if it's too far away, I get upset. It just makes me very neurotic.

Stephenie Meyer

PeopleMeSummerFar AwayUpsetBig

I believe in my ability and my mental toughness.

Stefon Diggs

BelieveI BelieveToughnessAbility

I'm nearing the end of the road and still learning.

Mike Wallace

LearningRoadEndStill

No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.

Michel de Montaigne

CommunicationMePleasureWithout

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them.

Annie Leibovitz

LoveDayMysteryBackUnderstand

Actors are dumb when they get insecure of their co-stars. A lot of actors do. When there is a good actor, they're like, 'Oh, he's eating up the part.' That's stupid.

Ali Fazal

GoodStupidEatingDumbActorUp

You don't set off in life to be mediocre. At least, I don't.

Willie Robertson

LifeYouOffSetMediocreLeast

Some people think the Nobel Prize makes you bullet-proof. I never had that illusion.

Wole Soyinka

PeopleThinkYouIllusionNever

Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

WorkMyselfBestCareDoingLook

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