I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.
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Related Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica. DAVE MUSTAINE I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early... TOBY JONES At a very young age, I was influenced enormously by Julio Cortazar or Carlos Fuentes. In that litera... ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all... JOHN GOULD I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anythin... JAMES HETFIELD I would argue that education, actual learning - it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parent... DEAN KAMEN anything else? ANYTHING News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news u... EVELYN WAUGH If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith. ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a soun... YOLANDA ADAMS I don't think geometric art is... I don't like to call it that. I don't think it's a... DONALD JUDD I've never read anything set in Belfast that doesn't involve the Troubles or something sense... JAMIE DORNAN I make movies. I have a passion. Puppies and daisies don't accomplish anything. That's not m... DREW BARRYMORE Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it do... ALISON DOODY It's of very little importance to me that I was born gay. It doesn't make me a better athlet... JOHNNY WEIR For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not a... RACHEL TRUE As awkward as it sounds. I'm not Shane Larkin, Barry Larkin's son, anymore. It's Barry L... SHANE LARKIN Regalos insignificantes como un beso en un momento inesperado o un papel escrito a las apuradas. Pue... JULIO CORTáZAR It doesn't have anything to do with yesterday or tomorrow, it's all right now. BILLY HIGGINS Age doesn't mean anything. Age doesn't mean I can't work as hard. Age doesn't mean I... ZENDAYA The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can w... MERLE HAGGARD God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything. JOHN PIPER I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn... RAHA MOHARRAK If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric. ADAM JONES Acting's incredibly enjoyable, but sometimes it doesn't feel quite enough. I've also wri... HONEYSUCKLE WEEKS I'm not sad about any of my life. It's so unconventional. It doesn't look anything like ... EDIE FALCO It's - everybody's looking at the bottom line all the time, and failure doesn't look goo... ALAN ARKIN Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Ji... BENMONT TENCH It's so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans... GABOUREY SIDIBE Tennis doesn't owe me anything. Tennis is one of the fairest sports. It's given me so many e... DAVID FERRER Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything. ERIC TOPOL It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anyth... SHAKIRA Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything. BOB DYLAN Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn... IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM The fact that Disney bought Maker Studios doesn't really change anything for me. PEWDIEPIE You know, what I like about 'The Family Tree' is it's a kitchen sink movie; you can'... DERMOT MULRONEY I think that's why I like baseball. There's something great about it - you're young, the... BRUCE MCCULLOCH Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don'... BEN KATCHOR I don't think anyone has a right to possess anything he doesn't love - art or anything else. BILLY BALDWIN Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something ... AGNES OBEL If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is ... JOHN MADDEN You want to leave something; you really do. I mean, in the end, statues and all those things, that d... GEORGE FOREMAN When starting a project, your influences are the things around you. It doesn't mean you have to ... ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It ... KAILASH KHER But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me. MICHAEL W. SMITH I think the T-Shirt bra is really special for Victoria's Secret because it's that kind of si... BEHATI PRINSLOO You see people you identify with, and you take pieces of people you like and shape who you are. Like... DAMON WAYANS, JR. WWE doesn't owe us anything. DANIEL BRYAN Getting angry doesn't solve anything. GRACE KELLY I haven't heard anything or seen anything out there that would lead me to believe that all of a ... DANIEL MORGAN Personally, I don't even read bummer news stories about the environment because it makes me feel... RACHEL DRATCH No estábamos enamorados, hacíamos el amor con un virtuosismo desapegado y crítico, pero después ... JULIO CORTáZAR Buscás eso que llamas la armonía, pero la buscás justo ahí donde acabás de decir que no está, ... JULIO CORTáZAR I never do anything that doesn't feel natural to me. I wake up in the morning and I know what to... POPPY DELEVINGNE In elementary school, we all say, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't sa... NICK VUJICIC I don't read much of anything online. DANIEL CLOWES I'm good at anything that's country - biscuits, gravy, chicken-fried steak. Look at me, for ... BLAKE SHELTON Other than things like toothpaste, I don't buy anything that isn't sold to me. STANLEY MARCUS I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there i... LAURA ESQUIVEL Injuries aren't anything foreign to me. I am used to overcoming illness and injury; you can'... CATE CAMPBELL Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH A lot of music doesn't do one thing or another. It just doesn't do anything. Then there are ... DAVID LYNCH I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you... ELMORE LEONARD As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like ... RYAN GOSLING When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a r... JULIA CHILD I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has alway... EMILIA FOX That's my prescription for a happy marriage - marry someone who doesn't do anything similar ... MAXINE KUMIN Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how ... TREY PARKER I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redempt... MICHAEL CONNELLY It doesn't really feel like it's got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and ... PATRICK MARBER I don't want to pierce anything. I think it's outdated. Belly rings and all are, like, old. BRITNEY SPEARS I don't like gratuitous violence. I don't like the 'Saw' movies. I don't like th... MICHAEL BIEHN I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 yea... STANLEY KUBRICK I don't deal with the whole 'bad boy who doesn't call you.' That doesn't interes... MACKENZIE ROSMAN I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty. DIANE KRUGER The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me a... LAURA INGRAHAM I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a ... DR. DRE If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game. RICKEY HENDERSON I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchest... NOEL GALLAGHER Everybody knows what a caterpillar is, and it doesn't look anything like a butterfly. LYNN MARGULIS I don't think there is anything wrong with cosmetic surgery at all. I think it's great. But ... SHARON STONE It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it does... GYORGY LIGETI I'm all about the crossover. The role doesn't necessarily have to be white or Latina or blac... RUTINA WESLEY I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a boo... GEORGE MURRAY I don't know what makes a marriage work. My husband and I don't have it right at all; it'... EMILY WATSON Locking minors away for decades doesn't solve anything. JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and activ... RYAN SHECKLER I have no problem with nudity. I can look at myself. I like walking around nude. It doesn't both... URSULA ANDRESS When I'm in a restaurant, I don't eat red meat. It doesn't taste like anything. But if a... STEVE ALBINI I knew there were all kinds of interesting things going on at Google, but now that I've seen the... TONY FADELL Three days doesn't sound like a very long time, and under normal, everyday circumstances, it'... BRANDON WEBB My style has been nurtured over time. It's more about knowing what doesn't suit you. I love ... ERIN O'CONNOR My style has been nurtured over time. It's more about knowing what doesn't suit you. I love ... ERIN O'CONNOR One of the awesome things about being a writer is that I can research nearly anything - tea? Bubbleg... ANN LECKIE It's like people call me a rock star or this or that. And I go, 'Don't call me that. I d... MEAT LOAF I can't think of a subject that is taboo for me, unless it's one I simply don't know any... CHRIS CRUTCHER There's a lot of movies that aren't all about Christmas, or where Christmas isn't the fo... ROBERT OSBORNE The surprising thing is that so many teenage cancer novels are very good. John Green's 'The ... MAL PEET En suma, desde pequeño, mi relación con las palabras, con la escritura, no se diferencia de mi rel... JULIO CORTáZAR I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player... WILL OLDHAM
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