I’m in a position where, theoretically, I could play the same ten concertos and make a very good living bouncing around playing Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Barber, but I really think artists should keep pushing limits and trying new things. Joshua Bell Read Quote
I think what shaped me was I had two parents who were scientists, and especially, they were great readers. They had both grown up in sort of rural parts of the South and were oddballs where they grew up. They were budding intellectuals. Andrew Sean Greer Read Quote
It’s a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I’m making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material. Eric Bogosian Read Quote
I turned down a lot of parts, and I ate a lot of canned tuna for dinner because I was just like, ‘No, I don’t want to do that; no, that’s awful.’ But sticking to my guns paid off, and I can look back now and be proud that I refused to take any stereotypical Asian parts. Jessica Henwick Read Quote
I’d be willing to bet that any incursion throughout history in which the invading country has proclaimed it is bringing benefits to the conquered is based on a lie. Peter Shaffer Read Quote
Sometimes, there’s a fine line between bravery and utter stupidity. The day I decided to climb into a boxing ring for a professional fight was probably on the side of stupidity. Andrew Flintoff Read Quote
It was incredible to play in the Premier League, somewhere I always wanted to go because of the speed and the pace of the game. Jesus Navas Read Quote
The public was used to a Pauly Shore film coming out every year or two, you understand? So when that went away, the public lost familiarity with me. Pauly Shore Read Quote
People are very frightened in publishing at the moment. Nobody knows what sells. More so now because the market’s changing so fundamentally because of Kindle and electronic publishing. It’s a fundamental shift in the way stories are put out into the world. Denise Mina Read Quote
