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My relationship with the track was, I would say, at least fractionally as complicated as my relationship with my old man. So it kept me coming back.

~David Milch

Topics: Back Coming Complicated Kept Least Man Me Old Old Man Relationship Say Track Would

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To think in terms of what the effect of a story is going to be, as opposed to trying to discover its inner logic, is one of the fundamental dangers in the process.

~David Milch

Topics: Dangers Discover Effect Fundamental Going Inner Logic Opposed Process Story Terms Think Trying

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The truth is I try to show up each day available to do the work that God or whatever it is that's making, you know, the solar system work wants me to do. And I expect when he wants me to stop, I'll be the first to find out.

~David Milch

Topics: Available Be The First Day Each Each Day Expect Find First God He Know Making Me Out Show Solar Solar System Stop System Truth Truth Is Try Up Wants Whatever Work You

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Someone asked me, 'How long do you intend to do 'Deadwood'?' And part of my sociopathology, I say, 'Well, when does my contract run out?' And I realize my contract ran out at the end of four seasons.

~David Milch

Topics: Asked Contract Deadwood Does End Four How Intend Long Me Out Part Ran Realize Run Say Seasons Someone Well You

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What constitutes - where are we when we sleep? What is our sense of reality at that moment? It's, you know, science now suggests to us that what has been perceived as matter for a long time is, in fact, energy.

~David Milch

Topics: Been Energy Fact In Fact Know Long Long Time Matter Moment Now Our Perceived Reality Science Sense Sleep Time Us Where You

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I have several different masks that I wear.

~David Milch

Topics: Different Masks Several Wear

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I had the erroneous conviction that all of history tended toward my birth and would diminish into chaos or inconsequence after I was gone. When you realize that's not so, the proper humility is to defer.

~David Milch

Topics: After Birth Chaos Conviction Defer Diminish Gone Had History Humility Proper Realize Toward Would You

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As a writer, I don't have a sense of my own position. I try to disappear and not to think of myself at all when I'm working.

~David Milch

Topics: Disappear My Own Myself Own Position Sense Think Try Working Writer

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I've been beaten. I know what that's like. They say, 'Who has been a nail can learn to be a hammer.' So I know what it is to beat people.

~David Milch

Topics: Beat Beaten Been Hammer Know Learn Like Nail People Say They Say Who

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Most races are claiming races. For the lower-caliber horses, it's a way the track has of forcing people to run their horses at approximately the price at which they would not mind having the horse bought.

~David Milch

Topics: Approximately Bought Claiming Forcing Having Horse Horses Mind Most People Price Races Run Track Way Which Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: March 23rd, 1945

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