When I went to college at the University of Nevada back in Las Vegas, I got tricked into singing in choir. The first thing we did was the Mozart ‘Requiem.’ That was the piece that changed my life overnight. Eric Whitacre Read Quote
I constantly think I’m a fraud – that this success is not warranted or justified. David Chang Read Quote
Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That’s why, to be an editor, you have to be a reader. It’s the number one qualification. Robert Gottlieb Read Quote
I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. Lupita Nyong'o Read Quote
As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they’re an escape. Paolo Bacigalupi Read Quote
You have to always physicalize, when you do animation recording. Otherwise, you won’t get the performance right. Hank Azaria Read Quote
Some people may get in to the building without the proper passes and things, but I think that’s the price you pay for being an open place for people to come. Margo MacDonald Read Quote
Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to ‘own’ them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again. Barry Ritholtz Read Quote
When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh. Amartya Sen Read Quote
