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I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.


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I think the deeper you go into questions, the deeper or more interesting the questions get. And I think that's the job of art.

I think the deeper you go into questions, the deeper or more interesting the questions get. And I think that's the job of art.



One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20 memoirs.

One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20 memoirs.



I see a lot of marriages crash and burn around me and my wife. I've always been curious about how hard it is to love well and be loved.

I see a lot of marriages crash and burn around me and my wife. I've always been curious about how hard it is to love well and be loved.



Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you’ll see in your arms is yourself.

Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you’ll see in your arms is yourself.



As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from the character's point of view and see where it goes.

As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from the character's point of view and see where it goes.



I've learned over the years that the writing is smarter and far larger than the writer and his or her own desires for it.

I've learned over the years that the writing is smarter and far larger than the writer and his or her own desires for it.



I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to war after The Iliad.

I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to war after The Iliad.



Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.

Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.



I read poetry every day. I love the boiled down essence of poetry. I look for poetry in prose. In a way that evocative.

I read poetry every day. I love the boiled down essence of poetry. I look for poetry in prose. In a way that evocative.



What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?

What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?





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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.

The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.



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Let us be happy too when we see a happy man, because happiness is a candle light in this dark universe!



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