David Berman

My whole life I've tried to find the thing I can do that other people can't do, and invest in that, and the one thing I can do is write narratives and build characters. I can do that. ”

I've never been a big movie person, but I used to watch movies regularly in my life, and sometime in the '90s I just stopped. I certainly never was an educated moviegover. ”

In my whole life, I've had maybe 10 people who have told me how much my music means to them. ”

I'm interested in direct communication about domestic life. ”

Little Wooster, Ohio and gargantuan Dallas, Texas formed the municipal cocktail of my life up till age 18. That drab, weird little town and the glitzy big one shaped me for sure. ”

My only advice would be to someone right now, is if you're in a position in your life where you need to make a change, this is the best time. ”

I was 29 or 30 when I felt sure of what I was doing, but not fully identifying as a songwriter until I was 37. ”

When you can't see you become very timid about space and moving. You become less aggressive and less tenacious. Lots of things that shouldn't be affected by vision really are. And you don't even know what they are until they become unstuck. ”

I have bad vision, but it's not distorted. It's low power! ”

I don't have religion or culture. I don't have anything I can believe in when I'm really scared. When I play the songs, I feel the fear disappear. ”