I see things in a specific way. All the films are different. There are specific characters and scenes and locations and ideas. There are colors I want to see. There are movements and things ... The films are different, but the approach is the same.

Harmony Korine

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I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's unread. It's overwhelming to me. But, I mean, I do read. But there probably haven't been many people less literate than me that have been in 'The Paris Review.'

new great me people

I studied writing at NYU. I graduated high school in Nashville and then went to the creative writing program, and in the first year, that's when I wrote 'Kids.'

high-school creative writing school

I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or certain things of cruelty, but around that, something might happen afterwards to cause everyone to laugh, and that always blew me away.

laugh me remember school

I have a pretty good family. But ever since I was little, I just felt like I wanted to be on my own. It was the same thing about school.

good my-own family school

I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do. by Harmony Korine

I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.

quit tried everything college

I was born 'Harmony,' and it was weird because when I was a little kid, I was picked on so much that when I was 13, I changed my name to Harmful. I thought it was a tougher name, so I had it legally changed. And then, I don't know, it just didn't seem to catch on, so... legally, my name is still Harmful, but I just said I'll go back to Harmony.

weird name harmony born

I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.

places movies through inspiration

I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, an... by Harmony Korine

I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.

test who me guidance

I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything,... by Harmony Korine

I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.

movies feel never like

When I had my first camera - I was a child of the '80s. I remember what it was like reusing the same tapes over and over again, and having really bad quality and images kind of bubbling up from under the surface.

camera child quality remember