Richard Hell Quotes - Page 2

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• It's really interesting with art-movies too, but art especially - to see how your attitude toward artists and works and your level of appreciation of them is always shifting and changing over the years.

  Richard Hell

  Appreciation, Art, Attitude

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• I love a good play, but they're too hard to find.

  Richard Hell

  Play, Hard

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• An autobiography is a life story. It starts when you're born and continues until the end.

  Richard Hell

  Stories, Ends, Born

  "Q&A: Richard Hell Has Gone to Heaven". Interview with Scott Martelle, www.esquire.com. March 8, 2013.

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• I've come to think of myself as a writer of books.

  Richard Hell

  Book, Thinking

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I like writing non-fiction - and when you pick a [non-fiction] subject, it saves you the hassle of coming up with a plot.

  Richard Hell

  Writing, Plot, Fiction

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I never thought I would write an autobiography, probably because my first novel, Go Now, is really all drawn from my life, even though it's more about the psychology going on.

  Richard Hell

  Writing, Psychology, Firsts

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I decided I wanted out because it was killing me, and I couldnt see where to go with it that wouldnt be fatal.

  Richard Hell

  Killing, Wanted, Decided

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• I felt just overwhelmed by input: the Vietnam War and the collapse of the '60s and the proliferation of media' it just felt like everything was too much to handle and you just tuned out.

  Richard Hell

  War, Media, Vietnam

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• The problem with an autobiography is that all these extra factors make it difficult. You don't want to hurt people's feelings. You don't know how much you can trust your memory. You don't want it to be self-serving. And you have all these issues about how to present yourself. All these factors make it harder to do than a novel.

  Richard Hell

  Hurt, Memories, Self

  Source: pitchfork.com

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