People sometimes say that the way things happen in movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television – you don't feel anything. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. The channels switch, but it's all television.

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Reflection after being shot in 1968, from his book The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again).

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1975

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/83061-before-i-was-shot-i-always-thought-that-i…

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