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I teach world history, and we have a term for guys like Malcolm. He really is what they call a Renaissance Man. He doesn't fit a stereotype. It's uncommon to have all of those things at the same time.


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DANA SPIOTTA I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narra...
DANA SPIOTTA People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true....
DANA SPIOTTA I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-a...
DANA SPIOTTA I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street...
DANA SPIOTTA A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and i...
DANA SPIOTTA My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So...
DANA SPIOTTA I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that...
DANA SPIOTTA The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that yo...
DANA SPIOTTA Although a great restaurant experience must include great food, a bad restaurant experience can be a...
DANA SPIOTTA I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.
DANA SPIOTTA Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the wr...
DANA SPIOTTA Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so con...
DANA SPIOTTA I just find 'Scooby-Doo' unwatchable. I can't stand it. I like all those other Hanna-Bar...
DANA SNYDER I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for t...
DANA SNYDER I know a lot about Jewish comedians.
DANA SNYDER My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.
DANA SNYDER I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
DANA SNYDER The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
DANA SNYDER I was not put on this earth to listen to meat!
DANA SNYDER I graduated from the University of Whatever.
DANA SNYDER I'm greedy, and I have a house to pay for and a wife. She has a job of her own, but I bleed her ...
DANA SNYDER The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.
DANA SNYDER That's when I feel really excited about a painting. When it starts to feel real, when it feels l...
DANA SCHUTZ I just saw a clip of Maria Bamford. She has a comedy show that was filmed and performed from her bed...
DANA SCHUTZ I think that's just part of how it is with making art. Sometimes you're just flooded with id...
DANA SCHUTZ There are a lot of artists in Gowanus, and certain things come into your visual vocabulary from livi...
DANA SCHUTZ I like the feeling of not knowing where to look when you are only performing for one person or watch...
DANA SCHUTZ I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create ...
DANA SCHUTZ The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With...
DANA SCHUTZ I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
DANA SCHUTZ Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get an...
DANA ROHRABACHER Our State Department is often wrong and timid.
DANA ROHRABACHER Our marine terminals are invaluable commerce infrastructure, not only to our country but also for th...
DANA ROHRABACHER January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take th...
DANA ROHRABACHER In the meantime, we see there are charities that spend much of their scarce resources that should be...
DANA ROHRABACHER If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or mur...
DANA ROHRABACHER I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that marijuana is probably a dangerou...
DANA ROHRABACHER