I was raised in a large family. The first reason for my travel was to get away from my family. I knew that I wanted to be a writer, but I didn’t want people to ask me questions about it. Paul Theroux Read Quote
I can’t think of a time in the history of man when food was in excess. We’re dealing with the same old problems we’ve dealt with for 60,000 years. Homaro Cantu Read Quote
There are comedians who focus on everything that is external. They focus on politics and the news, what’s going on in that city and that night. Mike Birbiglia Read Quote
When I’m writing, my neural pathways get blocked. I can’t read. I can barely hold a conversation without forgetting words and names. I wish I could wear the same clothes and eat the same food each day. Kate Atkinson Read Quote
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work. Berthold Auerbach Read Quote
My mom was a cheerleader and had me as a teenager. I remember her giving me some pom-poms and teaching me how to do some splits when I was 3 or 4. Christina Milian Read Quote
It used to be you sat up in your attic and wrote and went down to a local cafe and talked with people there. Ethan Canin Read Quote
I’m not advocating spending less on the elderly, but I am strongly advocating spending more on kids while also putting the country on a sound, long-term fiscal trajectory. To do that, we have to reduce the rate of growth of entitlement-related expenditures and add more revenues. John Delaney Read Quote
