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Dan Fante
12 quotes
“I felt the question was stupid so I didn't answer.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ch.6 - p.33 [Page numbers per the Canongate Books Ltd. 2001 UK paperback edition]
“My problem is that I hold grudges. If you and I have had an argument and I've come out second or you are my boss and you've abused your authority in some way, I will wait, allow the annoyance to fester, even pretend that everything is okay between us, then, with what normally to others would seem like a minimum provocation, without notice, I will overreact and behave like a cornered snake. It's a bad personality flaw and I've had to pay the tab for it again and again.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What amused him most was another human's discomfort.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“SEA-MATION is a service I'd see advertised all the time. The gimmick is cremation plus burial at sea. All in one: SEA-MATION. A fellow with a grey toupee gives the pitch while they continue flashing the 800 phone number of the company on the bottom of the screen. SEA-MATION had a sale going, a 'pre-need special.' Ordering now saved you ninety-nine ninety-five. One week only.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wilson smiled, knowing that not talking was one of her best features.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ch.5 - p.40 [Page numbers per the 1999 Rebel Inc. UK paperback edition]
“From the bookcase behind his writing table, I pulled down a copy of Hunger by Knut Hamsun. This book, my father used to say, caused him to become a writer. I held it in my hand and flipped through the old pages.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“More and more my mind shut down behind the wine . . . until I was conscious of just sections of time. Bits and pieces of grey awareness. Then . . . v-e-r-y-s-o-o-n it was all completely dark.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a few hours it would be midnight and I would have gone a full day on my own without a drink. And one day could mean two. If I stayed off the booze, I knew I'd be able to write again. I started the Dart and headed north up the Coast Highway. There was a blueness to the ocean I had never noticed before.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What he didn't know is that I know desperate too and crazy and what emptiness and alones and rage can do to you when you've got nothing but your own pain in your pockets and your home is a busted-out 1978 Pontiac stalled in an alley in West L.A. and the voice in your mind is carving you up and killing more of you off each day”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Extract from a poem "I met the meanest", printed in The Slab poetry collection published in 2004 by Muesli Jellyfish. At p.21
“We're fat, we're greedy, and we don't give a shit. Our religion is TV. Our saviour is Bill Gates. We've learned our lessons well. We know how to put number one first.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My secret weapon is my anger. That's what stimulates me as an artist. I want change. I want it yesterday. I'm pissed off at America. Society. American movies. American TV. American culture. American politicians. Capitalism. [...] Impatience and rage are always just beneath the surface for me.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The problem that your type has is that you don't listen and you keep insisting on operating by your own rules. Only you push and shove and wiggle and spit and outsmart everybody. You're a lover of man and beast alike, as long as you're getting your way. With people like you, Bruno, pain is the only teacher. Failure. No one can tell you that you're about to put your hand in a buzz saw. But it's only when you, yourself, see fingertips flying past your eyes, and watch your arm being chopped into a bloody stump that you'll be able to stop. You hit all walls at full speed. That's what I mean by high maintenance.”
Dan Fante (1944–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source