My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball. David Duchovny More Quotes by David Duchovny More Quotes From David Duchovny I'm inspired as a writer by any place where I've lived for a significant amount of time that have memories, my past, and stories attached to them, and that's really New York and L.A. Any place where there's ghosts are inspiring. David Duchovny ghost memories past Women's fashion is a subtle form of bondage. It's men's way of binding them. We put them in these tight, high-heeled shoes, we make them wear these tight clothes and we say they look sexy. But they're actually tied up. David Duchovny sexy fashion men TV was the boogey man when I was growing up. Video games are the boogey man now. The novel was once a boogey man. Books about lowborn people doing lowborn things were once considered a real assault on people's morals. Maybe some day video games will be looked on as a good thing, but personally I don't see it. David Duchovny growing-up real book Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will. David Duchovny finishing interest knows As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot. David Duchovny eliot dickens century Becoming an actor made me way more interested in plot. David Duchovny plot actors way I would say recently I've gotten back to perusing [Samuel] Beckett's novels. Listening to the way Donald Trump speaks without saying anything has made me think about language. David Duchovny listening way thinking I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it. David Duchovny skills patience thinking I think it was W.H. Auden who said he was lucky that his first favorite poet was Thomas Hardy, who was a good but not a great poet, because if you are exposed to the greats too soon it can just squash you as a writer. David Duchovny squash lucky thinking I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural to me. So I don't take it for granted... What I think is my natural ability - which is writing - I think I totally take that for granted. David Duchovny hard-work writing thinking If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity. David Duchovny publicity good-enough enough It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115. David Duchovny scripts pages knows Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them. David Duchovny actors If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know. David Duchovny smart humble book I don't need my phone to play me music. I need it to be a phone and an e-mail thing. David Duchovny phones play needs I don't make decisions based on money. David Duchovny decision I don't like watching people work if they're making art. David Duchovny ifs people art Humility is considered an un-masculine quality. David Duchovny masculine quality humility My favorite parts of work as an actor and a director are those unplanned mistakes that do happen, because it's like catching lightning in a bottle. It's the best part of what we do. David Duchovny lightning mistake directors It's not someone else's responsibility to honor my marriage. It's my responsibility. David Duchovny responsibility honor
