--- title: "1 Weapon Anger Quotes By Dan Fante" description: "1 Weapon Anger quotes by Dan Fante. Plus more from Dan Fante and more Weapon Anger sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/dan-fante-37433_american-culture_my-secret-weapon-is-my-anger-that-s-what_3080080.png" --- > [“My secret weapon is my anger. That's what stimulates me as an artist. I want change. I want it yesterday. I'm pissed off at America. Society. American movies. American TV. American culture. American politicians. Capitalism. I'm a little like my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/my-secret-weapon-is-my-anger-that-s-what-stimulates-me-as-an-artist-i/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/dan-fante-37433_american-culture_my-secret-weapon-is-my-anger-that-s-what_3080080.png) ## More by Dan Fante > [Creativity is achieved in the doing, it's not achieved in the thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/creativity-is-achieved-in-the-doing-it-s-not-achieved-in-the-thinking/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [The passion has never left me. I live as two people - myself, Dan Fante, and Bruno Dante or Mickey Di Salvo, or whoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/the-passion-has-never-left-me-i-live-as-two-people-myself-dan-fante/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [“All American politicians are bought and paid for by American lobbyists. We no longer have representative government here. We breed monsters like Kissinger and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/all-american-politicians-are-bought-and-paid-for-by-american/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [“...man can survive ...he can kill and be twisted and broken and desperate and insane and fuck barnyard pets in the dark and wear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/man-can-survive-he-can-kill-and-be-twisted-and-broken-and-desperate/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [“The British are civilized. People still read and some conversations can be interesting. By contrast American are fat and stupid and so thoroughly brain-blurred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/the-british-are-civilized-people-still-read-and-some-conversations/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [“We're fat, we're greedy, and we don't give a shit. Our religion is TV. Our saviour is Bill Gates. We've learned our lessons well.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/we-re-fat-we-re-greedy-and-we-don-t-give-a-shit-our-religion-is-tv/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [Stay in the present. And that's not a glib answer. The way to stay in the present is to have a love for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/stay-in-the-present-and-that-s-not-a-glib-answer-the-way-to-stay-in/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [“I think my strength comes from being an insane drunk. Near death. Wanting death like a lover every day for years. My talent comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/i-think-my-strength-comes-from-being-an-insane-drunk-near-death/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [“Organized religion is horseshit. Spirituality -- the spirituality that I've come to know and experience -- has nothing to do with religion. Were it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/organized-religion-is-horseshit-spirituality-the-spirituality-that-i/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [“My secret weapon is my anger. That's what stimulates me as an artist. I want change. I want it yesterday. I'm pissed off at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/my-secret-weapon-is-my-anger-that-s-what-stimulates-me-as-an-artist-i/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [“no wonder i let queers suck my cock”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/no-wonder-i-let-queers-suck-my-cock/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) > [I think we create our own reality by the thoughts we have. Recovery for me has been learning how to choose my thoughts, learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fante/i-think-we-create-our-own-reality-by-the-thoughts-we-have-recovery/) [Dan Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fante/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/weapon-anger/dan-fante/#itemlist", "name": "1 Weapon Anger Quotes By Dan Fante", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My secret weapon is my anger. That's what stimulates me as an artist. I want change. I want it yesterday. I'm pissed off at America. Society. American movies. American TV. American culture. American politicians. Capitalism. I'm a little like my old man in that way only I'm a recovered drunk. He wasn't. I should have been dead years ago like my brother but somehow I dodged the bullet and it gave me something to say. 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