"In college, I think I probably positioned..." - Quote by Anthony Bourdain
In college, I think I probably positioned myself as an aspiring writer, meaning I dressed sort of extravagantly and adopted all the semi-Byronic affectations, as if I were writing, although I wasn't actually doing any writing.
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“I'm of a generation that romanticizes and maybe even over-romanticized things that were painful, that hurt others. I feel that. But I don't know if I have any regrets.”
“Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever”
“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.”
More on Identity
“It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.”
“First of all, when building a brand you have to know who you are, what you are, and what you stand for. That's clichéd marketing-bullshit jargon, but it does matter. It helps. You have to know who you're targeting. I think too many people fight the market. There are certain people who are never going to want your stuff no matter what you do. There are certain people are never going to love me because I curse and I have bravado and I'm a Jersey boy and I'm brash and they won't take the time to see the humility and the patience and the truth. They shouldn't.”
“Young or old, a writer sends a book into the world, not himself.”
More on College
“College is a place where a professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either.”
“Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.”
“A college degree does not lessen the length of your ears; it only conceals it.”