One of the interesting things about YA books – I don’t know about Percy Jackson, but I do know about ‘Twilight’ and ‘Maximum Ride’: There are a lot of adult readers. In fact, we released ‘Maximum Ride’ both as a paperback for kids and as a mass release for adults. James Patterson Read Quote
I take songwriting very seriously and I wouldn’t want anything I do to be construed as frivolous or mundane. Billy Squier Read Quote
This has been the new normal since September 11. Everyone knows, but nobody says, that if something happens again, the elite consensus in this country, and the overwhelming consensus of the citizenry, will be to pitch the Bill of Rights out the window and start rounding folks up. Charlie Pierce Read Quote
Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans. Marcelene Cox Read Quote
Sometimes we equate anger to destructive physical violence, but anger need not be martial. Kamal Haasan Read Quote
In their day, no man worthy of the presidency would ever stoop to campaigning for it. George Washington was asked to serve. Decades later, his successors were also expected to sit by the phone. John Dickerson Read Quote
I think I was eight the first time I saw the Benin bronzes. I was taken to see them at the British Museum by my white, British mother, who felt it important that her half-Nigerian children learned about the artistic achievements of their forefathers. I’ve been entranced by them ever since. David Olusoga Read Quote
The first time I learned how to play, my guitar was out of tune. I didn’t know it; I just started writing songs. Brittany Howard Read Quote
