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12 quotes by John Shirley

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Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.

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I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

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I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a... →

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I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

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Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature;... →

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I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.

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I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

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I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.

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Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

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I do sometimes watch 'Dr. Who' and while the stories barely make sense, if at all, the doctor is such great company I don't care.

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I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

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People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

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