I looked to animal and insect imagery to develop the lack of substance and wasted motion that my Terminator has. I tried to tap into the killer instinct inherent in animals, where they are locked onto a target and will walk through anything that gets between them and their intended target.


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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the wo...
PATRICK DEWITT
When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that make...
PATRICK DEWITT
I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised...
PATRICK DEWITT
The impetus for 'The Sisters Brothers' was it occurred to me that there was no neurosis in w...
PATRICK DEWITT
I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think t...
PATRICK DEWITT
If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
PATRICK DEWITT
Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tr...
PATRICK DEWITT
By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, ...
PATRICK DEWITT
The question about my Canadianness comes up a lot, and I'm never quite sure what to say about it...
PATRICK DEWITT
Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want t...
PATRICK DEWITT
At the age of seventeen, I decided I would spend my life writing fiction. I didn't know what thi...
PATRICK DEWITT
I carry a small spiral notebook with me at all times and have been doing this for many years. There&...
PATRICK DEWITT
I felt like love has been underrepresented - unironic love, just actually really falling in love.
PATRICK DEWITT
Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it...
PATRICK DEWITT
More and more, I find myself turning away from everything relating to contemporary society. I don...
PATRICK DEWITT
All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks. This is what makes our lives interesting - const...
PATRICK DEWITT
Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it ...
PATRICK DEWITT
Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of cra...
PATRICK DEWITT
I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting...
PATRICK DEWITT
As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don&#...
PATRICK DEWITT
I think of myself as somebody who, in a moment-to-moment way, I'm quite happy. But I think I am ...
PATRICK DEWITT
I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.
PATRICK DEWITT
When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the sta...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pr...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
My wife and I try not to get into each other's work too much.
PATRICK DEMPSEY
In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it wi...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury.
PATRICK DEMPSEY
The best part about being married is feeling centered. Nothing else matters so much as long as you c...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comed...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.
PATRICK DEMPSEY
I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to rid...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to ...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman.
PATRICK DEMPSEY
People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.
PATRICK DEMPSEY
I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York ...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
The worst part about being married is when you're not connecting. Your partner is going out the ...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I'm trying to be more relaxed. You'll ...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
Now I'm just known as McDreamy, I've lost all identity as Patrick Dempsey, I'm now McDre...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as o...
PATRICK DEMPSEY
I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect l...
PATRICK DEMPSEY