Dad has worked as a banker at the same firm in Boston, living in the same suburban neighborhood for over 50 years. Later in life, when I got out of graduate school and imagined myself living the life of a writer like Hemingway or Kerouac, his practical self inevitably encouraged me to get a steady a job and raise a family, just like he did. Amor Towles Read Quote
I have always believed that an artiste needs to respond to a story first. One has to feel it in order to live it. Dia Mirza Read Quote
You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor. Nawal El Saadawi Read Quote
In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible. The more I think about energy, the simpler my art becomes, because it is just about pure presence. Marina Abramovic Read Quote
The English are good at bad guys – the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it. Idris Elba Read Quote
If you want to be an actor, you should keep confident. Don’t get too much of an ego and become not humble. But you should have esteem and not feel bad when you don’t book something. So I think you should just stay humble, but you also need to have some esteem to make yourself keep going. Nolan Gould Read Quote
