If you're with an agent and they don't like where your work is going - the pressure behind it is the pressure of the hierarchy which says "I know what I am talking about," which I find offensive. — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share Image
“Britta wanted to try to turn a guard. Tamara thought it was idiotic. “What are you going to do? Buy him beer and tell… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
I would love to love something, especially if I could do it without feeling like I was watching it die right in front of… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
There doesn't seem to be a lot of stance from the outside of that world to disagree. — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
“Siddhartha wants liberation, Dante wants Beatrice, Frodo wants to get to Mount Doom—we all want something. Quest is elemental to the human experience. All… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
As a songwriter and musician, it strikes me that in music, a certain territorial nature when it comes to one's own autonomy around life… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
The equation Bubble Tea = Something to Look Forward To depressurizes the misery of capitalism and is a Hello Kitty band-aid on the festering… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
“Oh, you must be part of the underground no one’s ever heard about.” “I don’t belong to any group outside of my friends.” “That’s… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
Some things are so sad that they have no name. I have tried to name them and I can't. — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
I light candles. I meditate. And I don't believe in anything. By default I move simultaneously towards mysticism and atheism. It's not something that's… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
“You could always industrialize,” she refilled Jimmy’s wine glass. “You know, get a job stunning chickens in a factory to earn the trust of… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
“I paid my bill. Save your fucking pennies for a gun and a history book...” — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
“I tried to map the cultural trends leading up to it but as I did they grew, interconnecting and weaving backwards and sideways out… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share
