A Quote by Claude Nicollier
My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.
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I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually.
German writings attain popularity through a great name, or through personalities, or through good connections, or through effort,or through moderate immorality, or through accomplished incomprehensibility, or through harmonious platitude, or through versatile boredom, or through constant striving after the absolute.
I made a list of the happiest periods in my life, and I realized that none of them involved money. I realized that building stuff and being creative and inventive made me happy. Connecting with a friend and talking through the entire night until the sun rose made me happy. Trick-or-treating in middle school with a group of my closest friends made me happy. Eating a baked potato after a swim meet made me happy. Pickles made me happy.
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Once, after a long week, I felt so insecure that I decided to make a list of people who thought I was funny even if I didn't think I was. At the top of the list, I wrote, 'Garry Shandling.' His early praise protected me like a comedy-writer version of Harry Potter's scar.
Give death announcements each time you move instead of giving announcements of the change of address. Send the same when you die.
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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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