Larry Tazuma:
CLASS OF 1983
Cleveland High SchoolClass of 1983
Seattle, WA
Larry's Story
Larry is from Seattle, Washington. Larry's schools include Cleveland High School. Larry later attended Washington State University (Broadcast Journalism, Psychology) .
Music Larry likes includes Audien, Myon and Shane 54, TAEYANG. Books Larry likes include The Big Short, Musashi, The Great Gatsby. Movies Larry likes include The Man from Nowhere, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Stranger than Fiction. TV shows Larry likes include NFL Network, Yahoo's Breakout, Sullivan and Son.
One of Larry's favorite quotes is:"LT's High-Ku
"When I drink beer, I like to tear, right out of my swimming gear."
--age 10
"I'd do just about anything for a million dollars. Anything except express my feelings, that is."
"People say men use love to get sex and women use sex to get love. I wonder how much love it would take to get my girlfriend to do my laundry."
"When I was a kid, I wondered why wasabi was green. Then I ate some and realized... it's the anti-booger."
"I used to think the world revolved around me, but then I realized that standing still while the world continued to spin was not quite the same thing."
"I know this beautiful American-born Asian girl who doesn't care about material possessions, and could care less about what kind of car I drive. I mean, what's her problem anyway?"
"Sis blames Mom for wanting an 'EZ Susan' for her birthday."
"If you were truly psychic, you'd be a lot less irritating."
"What's scary is when other people start to believe in your delusions, too."
Margaret Cho: "...and I'm a vegan."
Me: "Do you think vegetables have souls?"
Margaret Cho: "Gee, I hope not!"
"It's all about the work. It's always, always about the work."
--Sandra Oh
Q: "Is it true you're gay?"
Russell Wong: "Next question."
Q: "Is it true you have a child with a black woman?"
Russell Wong: "Next question."
George Takei: "What is that you're reading?"
Me: "'The Art of Tea.'"
George Takei: "Can you give me a short synopsis of it?"
Me: "Actually, I don't think I can."
George Takei: "Maybe that's why Yolk failed."
"I know this cool American-born Asian guy who treats his girlfriend like a queen, and doesn't change his personality when he's with his friends. I mean, what's his problem anyway?"
"No matter how experienced or successful, a man stuck in his ...Expand for more
ways is a man stuck in his ways."
"Lots of Americans are now discovering what Asians have known for centuries: Pickled radish gives you the farts."
"Marathon runners are now starting to find out what I have known my entire life: Exercise can kill you."
"Give a dog too much freedom, it becomes a beast. When a man has too much freedom, he becomes a dog."
"I pray this may never happen, but someday, you may need a friend like me."
"I'm not stupid, but hey, I ain't dumb, either."
"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand."
-- Bertrand Russell
"Road rage and bad traffic have a way of ruining a great song."
"If you cannot be the poet, be the poem."
--David Carradine
"Chocolate burps are the best."
--Sofia Kim
"Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
--E. L. Doctorow
"To write, you can't be interrupted. It throws you off. It's like trying to make love and people keep walking in on you."
--August Coppola
âAll you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.â
--Ernest Hemingway
"If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you will most certainly be right."
--unknown
"Frenemies deserve frenemas."
"When the rich figure out how to wrangle out of paying their taxes, you have America. When the poor figure out how to do it, you have Greece."
"One night, during a dinner with the crew, Rinko Kikuchi came to me and, very moved, told me something that had disturbed her for a while I guess. She said that there is something that she cannot understand about herself and asked me: 'Hung, how come when I cry in real life, I donât feel itâs as true as when I cry on the set for a scene?' And my answer made her cry in the restaurant: 'Because you are an artist. In life, we have experiences but, in art, we have expressions. For an artist, expression is always more true and perennial than experience."
--Tran Anh Hung, director of film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Wood" (from an interview in the Pacific Citizen)
Except where noted: ©2007-2012 Larry Tazuma. All Rights Reserved.".
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