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Denis Johnson Quotes: I make the road. I draw the map. Nothing just happens to me...I'm the one happening.
         

I make the road. I draw the map. Nothing just happens to me...I'm the one happening.


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I knew every raindrop by its name.

I knew every raindrop by its name.



All these weirdos, and me getting a little better every day right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us.

All these weirdos, and me getting a little better every day right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us.



The first kiss plummeted him down a hole and popped him out into a world he thought he could get along in—as if he’d been pulling hard the wrong way and was now turned around headed downstream.

The first kiss plummeted him down a hole and popped him out into a world he thought he could get along in—as if he’d been pulling hard the wrong way and was now turned around headed downstream.



Sometimes what I wouldn't give to have us sitting in a bar again at 9:00 a.m. telling lies to one another, far from God.

Sometimes what I wouldn't give to have us sitting in a bar again at 9:00 a.m. telling lies to one another, far from God.



I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.

I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.



This life is but the childhood of our immortality.

This life is but the childhood of our immortality.



I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.



We’d torn open our chests and shown our cowardly hearts, and you can never stay friends after something like that

We’d torn open our chests and shown our cowardly hearts, and you can never stay friends after something like that



After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy.

After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy.



English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows.

English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows.





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Obsession with self is the motif of our time.



Walls work both ways. They keep people out...but they keep people in, too.

Walls work both ways. They keep people out...but they keep people in, too.



When you stop fighting, that's death.

When you stop fighting, that's death.



Oscar and I have something in common. Oscar first came to Hollywood scene in 1928. So did I. We're both a little weather-beaten, but we're still here and plan to be around for a whole lot longer.

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I'm maybe not so much an exception, maybe because I've lived so long that more is coming, more is there.

I'm maybe not so much an exception, maybe because I've lived so long that more is coming, more is there.



The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.



Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you might find yourself in some serious trouble.

Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you might find yourself in some serious trouble.



The speed of time is one second per second.

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Good lies need a leavening of truth to make them palatable.

Good lies need a leavening of truth to make them palatable.




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