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Life is serious but art is fun!


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Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.




Half my life is an act of revision.

Half my life is an act of revision.



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You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.



I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.



It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.



If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.



. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .





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