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I think when you're writing from your own life, it's hard because you realize that people have their own assessment of how they look, and they don't know how you will describe them.

Carrie Brownstein

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Carrie Brownstein
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: September 27
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I got kind of tired of playing, I think. But I think it will be part of my life again, maybe.
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I'm really drawn to the uncompromising realness of natural process: It's unadorned. It's not very pretty.
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I guess the role of art is to make something that is ambiguous and complex.
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I like to connect with people through my work. That's my favorite way - meetings of the minds, fans at a show. Those are nice mediated ways of hanging out.
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I don't want to mislead people.
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