“I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.” Quote by Martin Kippenberger
“In high school, I had a teacher there who was really great to me and with whom I finally dared to admit I wanted to be a writer myself, and we did a project where I wrote terrible, 17-year-old fiction. But I remember a couple of the stories. I'd love it if I could read with pride something that I wrote that long ago, but it hasn't happened yet.” LongSchoolRememberTeacherPrideCoupleTerribleHigh SchoolReally Great Author:Jonathan Dee
“I once saw John Updike get in front of a crowd and read a story that he'd written in 1958, and I just thought, I can't even look at stuff I wrote a year ago, I can't believe he's doing this.” Believe Author:Jonathan Dee
“I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm getting better at it.” NovelGet Better Author:Jonathan Dee
“I worry that's what people are going to think about me if they kind of go backwards. But if that didn't happen to you, I'll feel better.” PeopleThinkingKindWorryFeel BetterBackwards Author:Jonathan Dee
“The wonderful thing about Crystal in Mr. Sunshine is that she doesn't have any boundaries. She's not aware socially of what's correct and incorrect. Crystal's probably the craziest character I've ever had to do and the furthest I've gone, with the only exception being Away We Go - I was pretty big in that.” CharacterWonderfulBoundariesExceptionSunshine Author:Allison Janney
“I think one of my big skills is making unlikable characters likable or real in some way. No matter how hateful people are, there's always something vulnerable about them, or something that you can understand or relate to. I think that's my job as an actress - to find those.” PeopleThinkingRealCharacterVulnerableHateful Author:Allison Janney
“It's a challenge for me to make people like me. Maybe it's just my desperate need for people to like me, that I choose the characters I have to play. You will like me, I don't care what I've done, you're going to like me.” PeopleDoneCharacterCareChallengesDesperate Author:Allison Janney
“I trust other people to tell me if it's too far or tasteless, because there's not too much that I won't do. I like to push the limits. Obviously, that's more dangerous and more fun for everybody.” PeopleFunDangerous Author:Allison Janney
“With John Wayne Gacy - the serial killer who dressed up as a clown - there's just something about clowns I don't trust. I don't think they're particularly funny. They're a little spooky. Not my sense of humor, I don't laugh at clowns.” ThinkingLaughingSense Of HumorClownWayneSerial Killer Author:Allison Janney
“I just wish that I had a part in everything Aaron Sorkin wrote. Sometimes I wish I was a member of an acting troupe where we all just kept working together, the same people. I can't, unfortunately, be in everything he writes. I'm excited for him, but I'm jealous that I wasn't a part of it.” PeopleWritingSometimesTogetherWishActingExcitedWorking TogetherJealous Author:Allison Janney