I've actually become much, much dumber through being married and having these children. I find that I'm not half as sharp that I once was. I can't even help them with their 4th and 5th grade vocabulary and math work at this point.
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Related I'm very, very focused on my children. In fact, I'm very religious about having breakfast wi... ZHANG XIN Honestly, I don't look at it as work because I have way too much fun on set to actually classify... BILLY UNGER I'm actually really good at vacuuming, and I don't even mind it so much. I hate dusting with... BRONTE CAMPBELL I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and... WES ANDERSON I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I Being in love, and I'm not an expert in this, I've lived it as much as anyone has, but I'... ERIC BRAEDEN I think women get caught up too much in having a plan - 'I'm going to get married at this ag... JULIA STILES My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm ... KURT COBAIN I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated bec... RANDY HARRISON I can't think of anything I regret. Everything I've done, I've enjoyed doing. I've h... EUGENIE CLARK I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confiden... TAYLOR HACKFORD I've been through a lot of situations with women and if I can help someone else avoid the pitfal... MAYER HAWTHORNE Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join ... LARS VON TRIER I think some people see me as being some kind of lovable, bumbling buffoon, and I'm actually qui... NICK FROST I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and som... CINDY SHERMAN Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much a... PHYLICIA RASHAD I'm fortunate now that I coach at Duke University and we've won a lot. I have some kids who ... MIKE KRZYZEWSKI At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast.... DONALD PLEASENCE I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the ... XAVIER DOLAN I loved being away from school. I didn't really fancy school that much when I was little; it was... GERALDINE BROOKS It doesn't matter what the scoreboard says. I'm always having fun, talking to other guys. Th... ALBERT PUJOLS I've learnt that, even though I've travelled about, I haven't changed that much. KARL PILKINGTON I was very much a tomboy. I've always been rather outspoken, headstrong, and I'm pretty much... MARY BADHAM I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to ta... ALAN BALL I'm an 18-year-old boy, and I'm having fun. I'm just not having as much fun as people ma... HARRY STYLES I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is ... JOAN LUNDEN I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes fl... LYNDA BARRY The funny thing is I'm not even Latin. I was constantly getting Latin roles, and I was like, I e... VANESSA FERLITO Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I'm comfortable and so... AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN I'm coaching 'swing at this, don't swing at that,' and in the middle of it, a kid lo... TONY GWYNN I've been blackmailed a billion times. I've been sued for ridiculous things. At one point in... R. KELLY As a kid, I remember wondering why we lived in an apartment, not in a brownstone, and why we drove a... LEAH REMINI I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't... MICHELLE BRANCH I don't mind having people over, but it's weird how much more withdrawn I've become than... KHLOE KARDASHIAN I can't watch 'Glee' because I get so jealous that I'm not there with them doing it ... JANINA GAVANKAR I've got an overactive brain. I enjoy work, I enjoy life, and I'm not good at relaxing. I... RICK WAKEMAN I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need ... HARRIET WALTER I'm not very good at science or math, even though I pretend. And I'm not very good at teachi... RICK SMOLAN I am so not a proper, good female. I can't dance in high heels and I'm just so not girly, bu... KESHA I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm s... DREW BARRYMORE As for meat, I'm not going to become vegetarian. I'm telling you that right now. I want me a... SHARON JONES As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be ... FRAN KRANZ I wasn't a bad kid. My dad left when I was young, so I didn't have much discipline, not that... DANNY DYER There are lots of things I am not good at. I'm not that good a singer. And I'm a good dad bu... MAGNUS SCHEVING I'm nutty for nutrition. I've become one of those people who can't stop talking about th... ROBIN QUIVERS I'm 68 years old, and I'm as much a criminal now as I was at the age of 22. And, I'm eve... FELICE PICANO I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become c... IAN THORPE I've learned more and more on each show that I've done. I've been blessed and I've g... STEVEN R. MCQUEEN I've seen lights in the sky, I've seen UFOs, I've even seen something on the ground that... URI GELLER I try and work out as much as I can. When I'm working or travelling, it's tough, but when I&... MALAIKA ARORA KHAN A lot of people have told me, 'You're not this and so can't play that,' and I can... ANNE HATHAWAY I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with bei... BARRY WATSON And when I'm on set, I'm just thinking about the script and of working. I think I've sta... JENNIFER LAWRENCE If I do have kids, I can't wait because I'm excited to go back to school to help them with t... MAMIE GUMMER Turning 50 is a little bit of a 'taking stock' moment. I feel probably a little dumber. I do... FLEA I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting... CARL PALADINO If I'm on form and I'm not being bothered too much by mental problems or whatever, I can whi... JEFF BECK I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't ... CARRIE FISHER I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, an... JOSH BILLINGS I'm not much of a famous-person friend. I've hung out with Brooke Shields and I don't th... ANA GASTEYER There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama ... VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I'm very bad at violence in real life. I can't stand it. And I'm so fed up with crime no... DAVID LAGERCRANTZ I don't know how many bestsellers I've got, or half the awards I've won, and I don't... R. A. SALVATORE But then, you know, I'm very happy, I've got to this stage in my life and I'm not dead. ... MICHAEL HUTCHENCE My life is really quite conservative. I've been married nearly 50 years. I don't have hobbie... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN As a person, I'm pretty much the same except that I've come to terms with who my real friend... SANJAY DUTT It doesn't matter how much polite self-deprecating fluff you have on the outside if you don'... REBECCA HALL I'm a married man and I've got two children, and you have to do sacrifices. GLENN TIPTON One thing I've learned is I actually don't like variety very much. I like having the same th... LAUREN GRAHAM I've always tried to control everything and every aspect of my life, and this is maybe the bigge... MARGHERITA MISSONI I'm kind of like a middle mix between a warrior diet and a Paleo diet, so I only eat once a day ... RONDA ROUSEY I'm not the most talented writer in the world. I know that. But I also know that I'm discipl... DAVID B. COE I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I... REBECCA FERGUSON I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like, and it doesn't go well. Either ... JEFF ROSS Math just wasn't my favorite. I didn't get how important math is and how it relates to real ... ADAM RODRIGUEZ I'm just this committed dilettante. I think what I've found is that I've tried to do a l... GRAHAM MOORE I can't complain that I've had a public all through my writing life, but people don't qu... ALAN BENNETT I'm so lucky to have such a great family. I respect them so much professionally, and they've... JACK HUSTON I don't know how to not have fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun, and I'm going to kee... RANDY PAUSCH I'm not possessive, I'm caring... Once you realize a person doesn't want that much care,... SALMAN KHAN My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as... AUNG SAN SUU KYI Actually, with 'Truth of Touch' I wasn't even intending on making an album. I was just h... YANNI I'm actually doing what I like doing, which is mixing opera music and classical music with soul ... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I'm interested in. That's what excites me a... IRA SACHS I didn't think that college math was for me. I didn't think I'd be able to hack it. And ... DANICA MCKELLAR I'm thought of as a celebrity. Everything I've ever done... has been for children. As long a... JACK WILD I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated, and I'... ANTHONY HOPKINS Being grown up and in a serious relationship, I've learned so much. I'm happier than I'v... PARIS HILTON The types of climbing that I choose to do I'm good at justifying. I do really try and pick thing... TOMMY CALDWELL When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been... KURT VONNEGUT I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't b... STEVEN TYLER I'm just lucky because my kids are grown-up - I love them, very proud of them, and we are in clo... ROBERT PLANT Usually, if I'm yelling at the TV, I'm in a bar. If I'm by myself, and it's not a ga... BEN FELDMAN I think it's always the moments that are the trials that end up making you become a hero in the ... BRIE LARSON I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with peopl... SHIRLEY MANSON I know I have a reputation that is not so flattering, but I guess I owe it to just being a private p... SHAHID KAPOOR We've done as best a job as we can making it clear that I'm earning what I'm earning bec... BEN PLATT Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up ... BESS TRUMAN As I'm getting older, I'm enjoying my vices so much more because I feel like I've deserv... BROOKE SHIELDS The best food I've had was actually in catering at 'Single Ladies.' It's insane. I c... RICKY WHITTLE
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He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was of... PATRICK WARBURTON The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cli... PATRICK WARBURTON All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray thi... PATRICK WARBURTON Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. WILLIAM WARBURTON Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. WILLIAM WARBURTON You won't have to pay up if you don't have a tax liability or if you have overpaid tax for whatever ... MIKE WARBURTON Orthodoxy is my doxy - heterodoxy is another man's doxy WILLIAM WARBURTON Philosophy is not a spectator sport. NIGEL WARBURTON Boethius, dunyada adaletin yokmus gibi gorunmesine hayiflanir. Cogu kez iyiler ve erdemliler aci cek... NIGEL WARBURTON Over the years, a lot of people have paid tax. Now they want to reclaim it. MIKE WARBURTON Users of slippery slope arguments should take skiing lessons—you really can choose to stop. NIGEL WARBURTON The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked. SAINT PATRICK I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worth... SAINT PATRICK He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presen... SAINT PATRICK I was freeborn according to the flesh; I am born of a father who was a decurion, but I sold my noble... SAINT PATRICK I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquir... SAINT PATRICK The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressi... SAINT PATRICK Let who will scoff and revile - I will not remain silent; neither will I conceal the signs and wonde... SAINT PATRICK I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, bec... SAINT PATRICK I have a Creator who knew all things, even before they were made - even me, his poor little child. SAINT PATRICK I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some. SAINT PATRICK No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small acco... SAINT PATRICK The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins. SAINT PATRICK It was not any grace in me, but God that put this earnest care into my heart, that I should be one o... SAINT PATRICK Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is H... SAINT PATRICK Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in h... SAINT PATRICK I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of ... SAINT PATRICK The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough. SAINT PATRICK The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed. PATRICK HENRY For organizations seriously committed to making teamwork a cultural reality, I'm convinced that ... PATRICK LENCIONI Teamwork is a strategic decision. PATRICK LENCIONI How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to ... PATRICK SWAYZE Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sen... PATRICK LENCIONI Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor... PATRICK HENRY Would any one believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general... PATRICK HENRY Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps? PATRICK HENRY It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which... PATRICK HENRY Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never ... PATRICK HENRY The great object is that every man be armed. PATRICK HENRY This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one whic... PATRICK HENRY Fear is the passion of slaves. PATRICK HENRY The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I ... PATRICK HENRY We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our pow... PATRICK HENRY Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among... PATRICK HENRY If this be treason, make the most of it! PATRICK HENRY I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. PATRICK HENRY There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. ... PATRICK LEAHY We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one i... PATRICK LEAHY Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America... PATRICK LEAHY I'm a gun owner. PATRICK LEAHY Judiciary is where my passion is. PATRICK LEAHY You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions. PATRICK LEAHY The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been sug... PATRICK LEAHY A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one stan... PATRICK LEAHY Why do the President and Vice-President constantly change the subject when asked to explain why thin... PATRICK LEAHY Michael Landon was the biggest influence. As a child, I watched him write, direct, star, and produce... PATRICK LABYORTEAUX I love working! I'm a huge fan of TV and will be happy as long as I'm getting to be creative... PATRICK LABYORTEAUX David James Elliott and I keep in touch via phone. PATRICK LABYORTEAUX Lots of TV shows say that they are like doing a movie every week, but 'JAG' truly was a huge... PATRICK LABYORTEAUX Poetry is not Irish or any other nationality; and when writers such as Messrs. Clarke, Farren and th... PATRICK KAVANAGH In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from ... PATRICK KAVANAGH Ay - 'The Green Fool' business, the libel action over the head of it - did me a lot of damag... PATRICK KAVANAGH Yeats, protected to some extent by the Nationalistic movement, wrote out of a somewhat protected wor... PATRICK KAVANAGH Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left. PATRICK KAVANAGH Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figur... PATRICK KAVANAGH Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie... PATRICK KAVANAGH The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being... PATRICK KAVANAGH The exciting quality about Joyce is that when you read him, you are not told of the large public iss... PATRICK KAVANAGH What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true. PATRICK KAVANAGH A poet is never one of the people. He is detached, remote, and the life of small-time dances and tal... PATRICK KAVANAGH In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesti... PATRICK KAVANAGH How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it... PATRICK KAVANAGH Wine and women do not go with song. 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PATRICK KANE When I go down the ice, I feel it, the wind in the side of my hair, and then I got the party in the ... PATRICK KANE If I score a goal on the road, I come home, and that's probably the first thing I'm doing, p... PATRICK KANE We're here to win. We're not here just for the experience. PATRICK KANE I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about wha... PATRICK KANE Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and gettin... PATRICK KANE I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be. PATRICK KANE There are some guys you definitely would not want dating your sister - especially hockey players. PATRICK KANE I always go home to Buffalo in the offseason. I really enjoy my home town. PATRICK KANE I want to be someone who can be a role model to kids - and to everyone, for that matter. PATRICK KANE I love scoring for the fans, for the team, for myself. That's not to say that I won't pass i... PATRICK KANE The little kids in the stands are going to give you a good cheer. Sometimes, that overrides the othe... PATRICK KANE I love to play the game, love to be around the rink, and love to joke around with my teammates and h... PATRICK KANE Anytime you hear different things - whether it's trade rumors or people saying you're not li... PATRICK KANE I love to score goals, and I love to plan my celebrations. PATRICK KANE I don't want to be satisfied with where I'm at or happy about what I've done. I want to ... PATRICK KANE Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you alway... PATRICK KANE Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn. PATRICK KANE My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans a... PATRICK KANE It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself. PATRICK KANE Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic ... PATRICK GEDDES Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant i... PATRICK GEDDES But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time. PATRICK GEDDES I always related most to Steve McQueen because he was more of an outcast than Robert Redford or Paul... PATRICK FUGIT Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks d... PATRICK FUGIT There are these girls who live in Maryland: they're the Patrick Super Fan Club Association of Am... PATRICK FUGIT If you think you're going to work with Cameron Crowe and not get into his music, you're craz... PATRICK FUGIT It's a very enticing, very seductive place, but once you get to know what L.A.'s really like... PATRICK FUGIT The day after I got an agent, I got called in for a role in a TV movie called 'Legion Of Fire: K... PATRICK FUGIT One day, you're a nobody, and the next, you're in a movie that everybody is talking about. B... PATRICK FUGIT I'm not a very fast-paced person. PATRICK FUGIT I had an agent in Salt Lake City, but acting was more like a hobby. PATRICK FUGIT I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple. PATRICK FISCHLER I would love to play a regular guy in a family drama. PATRICK FISCHLER 'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought th... PATRICK FISCHLER I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me. PATRICK FISCHLER I do a lot of shows I've actually never seen, and I hadn't seen 'Castle' or 'Sca... PATRICK FISCHLER I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It... PATRICK FISCHLER Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It st... PATRICK EWING New York is a passionate city. They want a winner. They deserve a winner. I think we did an outstand... PATRICK EWING I wish I had stayed and finished my career here in New York. PATRICK EWING I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to ... PATRICK EWING This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year c... PATRICK EWING Most of the fans will still be Knick fans. PATRICK EWING I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely o... PATRICK EWING Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready. PATRICK EWING I'm just like any person who is coaching in this league, I'm just looking for an opportunity... PATRICK EWING When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I... PATRICK EWING I've been an assistant for seven years now and I haven't had one head coaching interview. I&... PATRICK EWING Amare, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups - they're virtually unstoppable. PATRICK EWING Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Sea... PATRICK EWING Every parent wants to see their kids excel. PATRICK EWING Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach. PATRICK EWING I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me an... PATRICK EWING If I want to average 32 points a game, I can do that easily. It's just eight, eight, eight, eigh... PATRICK EWING Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener. PATRICK EWING People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the sma... PATRICK EWING Brooklyn, it's a great town, a great city. It's New York. PATRICK EWING I had a lump on my face and had a big cancer thing removed. PATRICK DUFFY I quit it because at the end of seven years in an ensemble show with one leader, I thought: 'I w... PATRICK DUFFY I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an archite... PATRICK DUFFY Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about dr... PATRICK DUFFY It's great to be able to do shows like 'Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door,' which ... PATRICK DUFFY I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reaso... PATRICK DUFFY I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's ... PATRICK DUFFY I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started ... PATRICK DUFFY I saw this thing years ago, where somebody filled a gymnasium with ping-pong balls and mousetraps. A... PATRICK DUFFY It's as simple as you can explain all of 'Dallas.' We're a dysfunctional family forc... PATRICK DUFFY I feel that marrying younger and being quite a young dad helped me with the stability of my career. PATRICK DUFFY Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors. PATRICK DUFFY There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you ma... PATRICK DUFFY The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end th... PATRICK DUFFY I do all the cooking in our family. I'm a utilitarian cook, rather than an adventurous one - I o... PATRICK DUFFY I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness ... PATRICK DUFFY Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but... PATRICK DUFFY There is no such thing as a weekend for me when I'm at home on my ranch in Oregon. PATRICK DUFFY Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am... PATRICK DUFFY The idea is this: It's important to upset one's work habits, to topple the cart for each pro... PATRICK DEWITT Many's the dead author whose body of work has been marred by overzealous publishers or family me... PATRICK DEWITT I don't consider Los Angeles home anymore; ultimately, it was pretty negative, but I did spend m... PATRICK DEWITT A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the wo... PATRICK DEWITT When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that make... PATRICK DEWITT I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised... PATRICK DEWITT The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in w... PATRICK DEWITT I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think t... PATRICK DEWITT If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong. PATRICK DEWITT Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tr... PATRICK DEWITT By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, ... PATRICK DEWITT The question about my Canadianness comes up a lot, and I'm never quite sure what to say about it... PATRICK DEWITT Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want t... PATRICK DEWITT At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what thi... PATRICK DEWITT I carry a small spiral notebook with me at all times and have been doing this for many years. There&... PATRICK DEWITT I felt like love has been underrepresented - unironic love, just actually really falling in love. PATRICK DEWITT Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it... PATRICK DEWITT More and more, I find myself turning away from everything relating to contemporary society. I don... PATRICK DEWITT All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - const... PATRICK DEWITT Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it ... PATRICK DEWITT Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of cra... PATRICK DEWITT I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting... PATRICK DEWITT As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don... PATRICK DEWITT I think of myself as somebody who, in a moment-to-moment way, I'm quite happy. But I think I am ... PATRICK DEWITT I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people. PATRICK DEWITT