"Fiction is an act of revenge" — John Hawkes

"Fiction is an act of revenge"

— John Hawkes

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39 Quotes by John Hawkes

John Hawkes has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in…
It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from…
As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.
My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around…
I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything.
A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.
Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.
Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional…
For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different…
I don't have actor training myself.
I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility.
I generally play strong people and scary people.

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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