1)Some thoughts on the value of reading fiction: When I was in my 20s/early 30s, I read 3 or 4 books a week. Mostly… https://t.co/YVqQbdgsfQ
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I'm an atheist. When I meet a true believer, I am not only respectful of their belief, I'm moved by it. But when I… https://t.co/Yil3dGLUKa
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Here we go! This is a hell of a season, folks. March 17, 2019 it begins! @sho_billions! #Billions. Let’s. Go. https://t.co/vZ61rbjAqT
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Artists, writers, creatives: This week, when you see extended family, don’t self sabotage. Don’t tell them your sec… https://t.co/VTiwL7Pjyh
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3) But being engaged w fiction all the time—serious books, less serious books—meant that I was in a constant conver… https://t.co/D5GKJlxmje
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I lost a close friend to suicide when I was 13. It crushed me. And sort defined my inner monologue for years. Heari… https://t.co/4Y4siwEOsg
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6) But now I know what he meant. And it goes to the heart of why fiction matters. Fiction stirs you up in a way not… https://t.co/qAQ3v4j7ZH
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7) And it forces you to grapple with impermanence. With death. And its ramifications. And asks you this question: i… https://t.co/3suuAOuUlu
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I am on an airplane, taking our daughter for her first year of college across the country. So if you hear about a g… https://t.co/3MPPacQ7k7
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To an artist, rejection, at first, feels like death. That’s how personal the work is. And that’s why we’re afraid t… https://t.co/IAVBAkmCXB
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Tomorrow is the first table read of season 4 of #Billions. Pretty much the entire cast will gather, along with Davi… https://t.co/yX2YClGhYB
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Who wants season FOUR of #Billions?!!!?? Showtime does! https://t.co/ALxo3Qxjd7
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8) Never let them tell you you’re dead. You’re not. You’re alive. And you have way more control than you think. Go do the thing. Love.
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5) somewhere in there, I happened to meet one of the world’s best novelists. He was 20 years older than me, about t… https://t.co/KnUvGhSwMe
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8) A friend asked me today, if I wanted those novel recommendations to clear my head. To take my mind off my show,… https://t.co/EbrDdWMOPn
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Artists. Writers. Creatives: all you can control is the work you do. The deck may well be stacked against you. The… https://t.co/5L2p5ItX7f
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1) This is the call sheet for the pilot of #Billions. Note the date we started: Jan 19, 2015. https://t.co/kE4EHiunH1
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19) “...The idea is: Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Superheroes.” ... “That’s the idea? The humdinger?” “Yeah.… https://t.co/HwQxjhZQ6Y
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It is scary to admit to yourself that you hear a voice in your head telling you that you can create something, that… https://t.co/PQd42noWu1
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2)At the time, I wasn’t thinking about its utility, the ways in which it shaped or influenced me, any more than I’d… https://t.co/iEDWy3px7n
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For those saying the coaching call was accurate: it’s selective enforcement! Don’t come at me with this. Again—I’m… https://t.co/meVBAH4wOd
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I was so excited to go see my favorite living author, Haruki Murakami at the @NewYorker festival—once in a lifetime… https://t.co/Zcu96oLjnw
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When I was 30, I wanted to be a writer. But I was blocked. Then I saw it: being thwarted by my own fear/perfectioni… https://t.co/iungqDMe8r
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If you're doing any creative work, you'll come up against people who don't get it, don't get you, don't get your mi… https://t.co/WX0DN4r3e8
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Here’s one to remember: when you see writers, artists, anyone who has professional success, you are seeing the resu… https://t.co/nDdzPLEGbD
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Screenwriters: always remember that the finished product you see has been through multiple drafts. First drafts are… https://t.co/Au0dhgLBHl
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As an atheist, I never feel more connected to judaism than when my fellow Jews are gunned down. Because it is a rem… https://t.co/TfXx2Dm2AA
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I was a blocked wannabe writer the night of my 30th bday. And I was sure I’d squandered the chance to ever become… https://t.co/zttNCHfYx2
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Writers, artists, anyone who wants to create: protect the part of yourself that does the work. Don't self sabotage.… https://t.co/z9RwvAZqpf
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I loved reading this soul searching piece by @KAlexander03 about how he accidentally forced his favorite burger pla… https://t.co/9fGm2L4jgN
— briankoppelman (@briankoppelman)
When people say "really good tequila doesn't give you a hangover," they are using a figure of speech known as lying.
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So, here's what you do. You warn Russia, through a series of tweets, that you're going to bomb Syria, for show. Tha… https://t.co/zIMiFKsKTf
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Adam Duritz doesn't get enough credit. Round Here. Mr. Jones. Long December. Mrs. Potters. You Can't Count On Me.… https://t.co/e0usue5uRE
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Billions fans! Watch this spot for a major announcement tomorrow. Is it the air date of Season 4? Is it? IS IT? Che… https://t.co/wjyXgGgmHf
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1) So this begins the day my mother died. I got the call from my sisters and drove out to my parents house on long… https://t.co/sdYZlqWKXn
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What I am about to tell you in true. And I have corroborating witnesses from the time who will attest to my contemp… https://t.co/22jyUu1Ysj
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I'm in a doctor's waiting room (nothing bad, routine check up), so I will tell you a true story about a man who wou… https://t.co/t5FxNktu4E
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Senator Sasse, please stand up instead of only speaking up. Please talk to cabinet members. Work the system. Consid… https://t.co/vrkkpr5HrX
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I have 6 days of fiction reading coming up. Please tell me the names of three novels you’ve recommended to friends… https://t.co/gsKbZFHqxd
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@jpodhoretz You. Are. Wrong. And you know it. Which makes you worse things. Come on, man. Put partisan nonsense awa… https://t.co/n1uB84KSsF
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10) And then I hear it. "Hey, Brian, not for nothing, but I got a humdinger of a movie idea." "Not now Allen." "Bu… https://t.co/VwfeWMYrxn
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This is a gross act, inhuman, by Kavanaugh. https://t.co/tUddoAsCkG
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Everyone is America: Please watch Wag The Dog. A few people have tweeted out how relevant that movie is now. And le… https://t.co/QCLX948J2q
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The us Open is really fucking up. I was rooting for Osaka. But Serena is getting robbed.
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The best defense I’ve found against writer’s block is momentum. Even one page a day keeps things going. Keeps perfe… https://t.co/YOisnM1as2
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