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I hid my underwear beneath a parked Peugeot.
Jonathan Ames
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Jonathan Ames
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 23
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I wish we had a dog in the show so that I could get to be a dog for a day.
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I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.
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It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.
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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've always been intrigued by Stockholm Syndrome. Reminds me of my childhood.
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A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.
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I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.
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I live for coincidences. They briefly give to me the illusion or the hope that there's a pattern to my life, and if there's a pattern, then maybe I'm moving toward some kind of destiny where it's all explained.
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Nothing wrong with changing your mind. That's a very unwaffling thing to say: Nothing wrong... Who am I to say that there's nothing wrong with it? Maybe something is wrong with changing your mind. Anyway, love is very, very difficult. I love. But probably because I hate myself on some deep, sick level, it makes loving difficult. But I do try.
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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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