The reason I choose the stories I choose – and it’s why it takes me so long to find ideas – is that I’m looking for that very thing. I want an idea that begins, I want a middle that is compelling and will bring readers along, and I definitely want an ending. Erik Larson Read Quote
What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that’s very personal in its way. I figure I can only say things the way I say them, so I’m trying to do something that is kind of anti-generic. Jason Robert Brown Read Quote
I take some pride in… representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids. Robert Downey, Jr. Read Quote
I had been playing beach volleyball all day, painted my nails red, and threw on a green dress. I thought I looked great at the time, but looking back, I realize that my debut into Monaco society should have been better executed! Charlene, Princess of Monaco Read Quote
I was determined not to sit around and watch my life deteriorate. I kept reaching out in hope and honesty that someone would find me. I never gave up hope. I fell flat on my face and got up again. Charles Bradley Read Quote
My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. James Thurber Read Quote
There is a saying that if you get something for free, you should know that you’re the product. It was never more true than in the case of Facebook and Gmail and YouTube. You get free social-media services, and you get free funny cat videos. In exchange, you give up the most valuable asset you have, which is your personal data. Yung Lean Read Quote
You know, I find people with great honesty, bodily, physical honesty, who sit just the way they like to sit, and walk the way they like to walk, and don’t come into a room all pumped up, I find them elegant. Alexander Siddig Read Quote
Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere. Jonathan Agnew Read Quote
Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you’re having fun and going out. But your skin is forever. Halima Aden Read Quote