John Shirley Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
John Shirley Quotes and Sayings
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I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.
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I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.
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I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.
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I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.
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I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.
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Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.
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Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.
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Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.
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