“It's true what they say. Never meet your heroes. It turns out they're all a bunch of fucking assholes. They're probably the reason you turned into such a fucking asshole - because they were your heroes and you spent all your time trying to be like them.”
― Based on a True Story: A Memoir
― Based on a True Story: A Memoir
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
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“She said she could no longer live in New York, that she was being tormented day and night by some obsessive stalker. This caught me completely by surprise, as I had taken to hanging around Sarah’s apartment, hiding in the bushes day and night, watching her come and go, and I had never seen any signs of a stalker.”
― Based on a True Story
― Based on a True Story
“You think when you wake up in the mornin yesterday don't count. But yesterday is all that does count. What else is there? Your life is made out of the days it’s made out of. Nothin else.”
― No Country for Old Men
― No Country for Old Men
“The only time having a cult following is a great thing is when you are actually in a cult.”
― Based on a True Story
― Based on a True Story
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