Tim Seibles quotes

Tim Seibles quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I think you should know that real-life white people are not all as funny as the ones on 'Seinfeld'.”
“I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, Giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy: I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.”
“Nowadays people always say, 'How come he's doing such young shows?' But they never mention 'The Mod Squad'. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl.”
“White-collar crime has been marketed - billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.”
“I spent most of my seventh grade summer dehydrated, green-tongued, and smelling like a Malaysian whorehouse.”
“No matter where I go or how I change, I'll always be your Anne. Anne of Green Gables.”
“Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.”
“In the last stage of the spiritual master's life, the devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into their own hands. In this way the spiritual master can sit down in a solitary place and render nirjana-bhajana.”
“You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.”
“The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done.”

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