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When I was a young man, I understood that poetry was two things - it was difficult to understand, but you could understand that the poet was miserable. So for a while there, I wrote poems that were hard to understand, even by me, but gave off whiffs of misery.

~Billy Collins

Topics: Could Difficult Even Gave Hard Man Me Miserable Misery Off Poems Poet Poetry Things Two Understand Understood Were While Wrote You Young Young Man

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Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time.

~Billy Collins

Topics: Big Big Deal College Could Dark Deal Discovering Funny Me Realized Same Same Time Samuel Time Very You

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When I discovered the lyric poem, that advanced not by narrative steps but by blocks and layers of imagery, I said, 'Gee, I probably could do that. So let me try that.'

~Billy Collins

Topics: Advanced Blocks Could Discovered Gee Imagery Layers Lyric Me Narrative Poem Said Steps Try

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You could have a zillion Facebook followers. Those people don't buy records. It's about a hundred to one...Record companies, they don't have any money, so they see social media as the free marketing... So... 'Billy, light yourself on fire and stand upside down, and that'll market the record.'

~Billy Corgan

Topics: About Any Billy Buy Companies Could Down Facebook Fire Followers Free Hundred Light Market Marketing Media Money People Record Record Companies Records See Social Social Media Stand Those Upside Upside Down You Yourself

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In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

~Billy Corgan

Topics: Afforded Attain Could Idealism Kind Me Music Never Perfectionism Way Weird

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I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous.

~Billy Crudup

Topics: Agree Could Defer Director Him Little Say Self-Righteous Sometimes Think Wish I Think I Wish

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I went to acting school, and there were twenty other actors in my class who were exceptional. It's hard for anybody to get work. When I was trying to get jobs, I felt a responsibility to be respectful of the opportunities and take challenging things that could be interesting both for me as an actor and for the audience.

~Billy Crudup

Topics: Acting Acting School Actor Anybody Audience Both Challenging Class Could Exceptional Felt Get Hard Interesting Jobs Me Opportunities Other Respectful Responsibility School Take Things Trying Twenty Were Who Work

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At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.

~Billy Crystal

Topics: Could If I Could Only Remember Same Same Things Things Those

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My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself.

~Billy Crystal

Topics: Always Could Did Done Going Mind Myself Need Relentless Thinking Way Well

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I could always improvise. Some of my teachers remember me standing in front of the class with a flower on my head, talking about photosynthesis. I'd stop and say, 'Is this working for any of you?' The kids were like, 'What is he doing?'

~Billy Crystal

Topics: About Always Any Class Could Doing Flower Front He Head Improvise Kids Like Me Remember Remember Me Say Some Standing Stop Talking Teachers Were Working You

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