Kids can be born with potential but unless it’s encouraged – pushed, even – I don’t think it will ever come to fruition. Vanessa Mae Read Quote
I love Forever 21. A friend of mine introduced it to me when I was in New York. I was borrowing a dress and said, ‘Where’s that from?’ and she said, ‘Oh, it’s Forever 21,’ and I said, ‘What, I’ve never heard of that!’ and she said, ‘Oh it’s this American brand,’ and I thought, ‘Why doesn’t England have that; why doesn’t Europe have one?’ Amber Le Bon Read Quote
I pointed out that the Atlanta Olympic bomber – as well as Timothy McVeigh and the people who protest against gay rights at military funerals – are Christians but we journalists don’t identify them by their religion. Juan Williams Read Quote
The craftless anarchy of the Beat poets on the one hand, and the extreme control of Henry James on the other, suggest that for most human beings, just as both freedom and discipline are necessary in life, serendipity and design must coexist in a work to make it readable. Mark Helprin Read Quote
OK, so I’m a working mom that also gets to kiss George Clooney. That’s a little bit of a perk of the job. Elizabeth Marvel Read Quote
As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming. Aaron Koblin Read Quote
It’s so easy, as a writer, to get stuck in your own head, to live in the little worlds you create. To forget that there are people out there reading your work, people who may be deeply affected by what you do, that you are writing not just for yourself, but for them. Celeste Ng Read Quote
