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"It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me."
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"It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me."
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"I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn't hurt the book."
Movies

"I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come back, I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry, I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much, and so I just went."
Poetry

"I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films."
Life

"You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book, it's not an audience, it's one to one."
Books

"Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever."
Change

"You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time, I don't believe in being so rigid about controlling what happens either."
Time

"If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything."
Reading

"It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not."
Writing

"There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round."
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"I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs."
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"The designated driver program, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, drop them off at the wrong house."
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"If a job's worth doing, it's too hard."
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"Bobby is really the one who did all the editing on that stuff. And he did all the mixing. I particularly like the record we did with Logic because Scott Harding did a great job mixing it. He's really a killing engineer."
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"I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me."
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"Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a job paying a living wage within 48 hours."
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"I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job."
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"I feel like it's my job to carry the torch."
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"It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't."
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"I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant."
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