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As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.
Jonathan Ames
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Jonathan Ames
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 23
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It was one of those days when every time I went to go out the door, something grabbed me in the back of the brain and said, lie down and masturbate one more time.
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There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.
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Whether I'm writing scripts or prose, the goal is identical. To give pleasure. Now whether I succeed or not is up for debate, and, mostly, I fail. But I try. I like to make things. It's a way to stay busy during one's ephemeral and confusing life.
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Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because you had a show in the first place.
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I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.
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I hid my underwear beneath a parked Peugeot.
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Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will go too far.
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Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.
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Personally, I've never had it as a goal in life to be happy. Seems impossible to achieve. Even the Declaration of Independence seems to acknowledge this. They talk about the pursuit of happiness, not happiness itself.
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I'm on the verge of a total breakdown. Sciatica. Taxes. Cars. Fleas, possibly. It's an absurd existence.
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