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Emil Ferris
American
Writer
Art
Choice
Important
Me
People
You
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I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted themselves in my waking life.
Emil Ferris
Life
Dreams
Once
Inserted
Knitting
Like
Fell
Waking
Squirrels
Dishes
While
Sweaters
Themselves
Asleep
Whole
Washing
There's the way that light shows in darkness, and it is extremely beautiful. And I think it essentializes the experience of being human, to see light in darkness.
Emil Ferris
Beautiful
Experience
Darkness
Light
Think
Way
Extremely
See
Human
Being
Being Human
Shows
I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials.
Emil Ferris
Great
Trials
Sides
Way
Ancestors
Embroidery
Both
Both Sides
Through
Female
Interest
Who
Profound
My parents met at the Art Institute of Chicago as students, and somewhere in there, they procreated off to the side and created me.
Emil Ferris
Art
Me
Parents
Somewhere
Met
Side
Students
Institute
Off
Chicago
Created
I still do love monsters. And when I was a kid, they were really important to me. I couldn't wait for Saturday night.
Emil Ferris
Love
Me
Wait
Important
Monsters
Kid
Still
Were
Really
Saturday
Saturday Night
Night
When I read 'Maus,' I realized you could tell a story of tremendous import using the graphic novel.
Emil Ferris
You
Tremendous
Tell
Could
Import
Read
Story
Realized
Graphic
Using
Novel
When I'm too worn out or in pain, I lie in bed and write in my mind.
Emil Ferris
Lie
Mind
Pain
Too
Worn
Out
Write
Bed
I never quite became the monster I wanted to be. I feel mostly monstrous as I more become myself. Because the more you become yourself, the more it disturbs other people.
Emil Ferris
Myself
You
Yourself
People
Become
Other
Monster
Monstrous
More
Never
Feel
Mostly
Became
Because
Quite
Wanted
I get afraid of the dark if I'm in a great deal of dark, and I have to move around inside of that fear... But there is a chance that something... will talk to me from the dark, so I have... to be prepared for that communication, which has happened.
Emil Ferris
Great
Me
Communication
Dark
Fear
Great Deal
Will
Inside
Be Prepared
Something
Talk
Around
Deal
Get
Move
Afraid
Happened
Which
Prepared
Chance
Silent films weren't so different from my comics - the basic choice both offer an artist is what do you show and what do you tell.
Emil Ferris
You
Films
Tell
Silent
Both
Comics
Were
Offer
Artist
Different
Choice
Show
Basic
I was born with fairly serious scoliosis, and I did not walk at all until I was about two-and-a-half years old.
Emil Ferris
Walk
Old
Born
About
Until
Fairly
Years
Did
Serious
I was illustrating, and I was cleaning people's houses; I was doing whatever I could to take care of my kid as a single parent.
Emil Ferris
Cleaning
People
Care
Single
Whatever
Kid
Parent
Could
Take
Take Care
Houses
Single Parent
Doing
Illustrating
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