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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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Jonathan Ames
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 23
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I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane in maybe a beautiful way.
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It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.
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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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I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.
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I always liked those characters in 'True Blood' who could turn into animals. I'd love to be an animal of some kind and run quickly through a forest.
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For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.
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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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My sophomore English teacher encouraged me to write for the school paper, and that's what got me started. Suddenly it struck me that being a writer could be a romantic and adventurous position. Previously, I had thought I would be a tennis pro, giving lessons at a local club. I thought that would be a good life, and it might have been.
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I certainly want to portray the importance of friendship. I had noticed in movies and TV shows that friends often treated one another terribly, and my friends, the few I have, are never cruel to me or unkind, so I wanted to convey that.
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I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.
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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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Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.
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I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.
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It seems like the original 'Star Trek' could have gone on longer.
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I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private.
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There's no shortage of material in life.
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I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.
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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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