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I knew the beginning and the end – I just had to dream up a convincing middle.

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Miranda July
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 15
Actor
Artist
Film Actor
Film Director
Musician
Screenwriter
Writer
Barre
Vermont
Miranda J. Grossinger
Convincing
Beginning
Knew
Middle
Dream
Ends

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There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.
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I spend a lot of time obsessing about getting a dignified eight hours' sleep.
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I was going to die and it was taking forever.
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I'm totally not kidding. Life is too short. This is all too hard to do to actually be kidding about the whole thing.
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I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to come up with characters that are not me.
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If there were a map of the solar system, but instead of stars it showed people and their degrees of separation, my star would be the one you had to travel the most light-years from to get to his. You would die getting to him.
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Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.
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I mean obviously we're all dealing with a lot more strangers due to the web. I'd say it has more to do with the quality of interactions. When you're physically interacting with someone, it forces you to be more present and probably a little more uncomfortable. You have to tolerate being outside the comfort of your own home.
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It was a small thing, but it was a thing, and things have a way of either dying or growing, and it wasn’t dying.
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I'm not a cinephile. My films don't reference films. I'm more interested in rhythm and feeling.
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We don't really believe in mowing the lawn we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors.
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A more normal, mature way to think about it [my work] would be, Oh, I work on multiple projects at once and they overlap, but the actual psychology of it is a lot more self-abusing.
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The level of control, that's part of what's so appealing about filmmaking - you have so much control over what the reader, the viewer, is noticing from moment to moment. They can't do that boring boring boring thing as easily.
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When you can see the beauty of a tree, then you will know what love is.
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If you read my short stories, there's a lot of sex in those in all different ways. To me, it's a really good, useful thing to get to have in a story. And in a movie, it's amazing, because you actually get to show things.
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People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size difference is sexy. It means: I am willing to go the distance for you.
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I think titles are tricky because they're like a really short ad for the book. And like an ad, they should open the door in a way that might be more accessible than the book itself. So I always like titles to be familiar. I'm not trying to break ground with the title itself. The title should feel like something already celebrated.
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The life you live in front of an audience is like an altered state - it's not totally real. I'm always, even in the course of one day, trying to find ways to balance both sides.
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He seemed to be waiting for me to move forward. Weren't we all.
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That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.
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