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" In a way, novel writing is such a permanently student lifestyle. When it comes to movies, and you have to go to these meetings and try and impress people and get money out of them, I feel as though I'm playacting at being somebody who's grown up. "

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" I think quite a misguided literary culture has grown up in the 20th century that says a book has to have a seriousness of purpose and a seriousness of language. "

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" I used to go and see the Clash a fair bit. I did think they were dead cool, and very handsome. "

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" Joni Mitchell's someone who has tried to make sense of her own world, sometimes painfully, through song. "

" We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness? "

" I didn't really want to write about music very much in 'High Fidelity.' I wanted to write about the relationship stuff, and the music stuff is kind of a bit of fun on top and something to frame it with. "

" I can't imagine writing a screenplay where I didn't feel deeply connected at some kind of visceral level to the material. "

" I spent as much time watching telly and films when I was a kid as I did lying around reading books. I think it's crazy that writers are only allowed to say that certain books have influenced them. "

" It wasn't until 1963 that you would really want to listen to any kind of English music. "

" Why are we scared of a '50s weepie? Why are we scared of a movie that pulls you in and punches you in the stomach? "

" Every time we pick up a book from a sense of duty and we find that we're struggling to get through it, we reinforce the notion that reading is something we should do, but telly is something that we want to do. "

" The Internet's changed everything. There are no record stores to hang out in anymore. "

" I think it does everybody a lot of good to have a period of no success. "

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" I miss independent record stores very much. "

" When someone says they've read your book 15 times, you think, 'Well, you should read something else.' "

" If you can get every kid to have found a book that he or she loves, then you've done a great job. "

" The writing in those HBO dramas, like 'The Wire,' is as good as anything I've seen. "

" I used to be a teacher, and I know how difficult it is to strike a balance between focused conversation and an atmosphere which prevents creativity and thought. "

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" I've always been able to enjoy aspects of my life. "

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" When you're adapting a novel, there are always scenes taken out of the book, and no matter which scenes they are, it's always someone's favorite. As a screenwriter, you realize, 'Well, it doesn't work if you include everyone's favorite scenes.' "