"I live for coincidences. They briefly give to……" — Jonathan Ames
"I live for coincidences. They briefly give to me the illusion or the hope that there's a pattern to my life, and if there's a pattern, then maybe I'm moving toward some kind of destiny where it's all explained."
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41 Quotes by Jonathan Ames
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I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on…
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I was aware that I was acting atrociously but I couldn't stop myself. Rarely had I behaved in such a…
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I'm on the verge of a total breakdown. Sciatica. Taxes. Cars. Fleas, possibly. It's an absurd existence.
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I wondered where the person was who had taken my place, who wanted to know what news people had been…
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I've always been intrigued by Stockholm Syndrome. Reminds me of my childhood.
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How terrible to be alcoholic. You just want to quietly soothe and maybe poison yourself, but you end up poisoning…
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To write about a place, you have to live there.
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I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldnt write.
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A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and…
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As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.
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For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.
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Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because…
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