There’s something about the idea of writing, and thinking about writing as a form of prayer – the way as a writer you call out into the world and throw your words into the world. You’re not praying to a god, but you’re almost conjuring a reader to arrive. That’s what books do: they’re an invitation to readers. Ruth Ozeki Read Quote
I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me. Lena Dunham Read Quote
If you leave songs sitting around, you do yourself a disservice. You have to put them out there. LP Read Quote
Children’s literature – the product of adult guesswork – often fails to account for its audience’s slippery grasp on the world. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
The role of radiologists will evolve from doing perceptual things that could probably be done by a highly trained pigeon to doing far more cognitive things. Geoffrey Hinton Read Quote
At one of my old schools, I didn’t tell anyone I was doing my first album because I was worried they’d be like, ‘Who does she think she is?’ So I just let them find out for themselves. Dionne Bromfield Read Quote
I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop. Michael Caine Read Quote
I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn’t really know what was going on. Everybody else knew stuff that I didn’t know. S. J. Rozan Read Quote
