The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in. Robert Plant Read Quote
I want my careless song to strike no minor key; no fiend to stand between my body’s Southern song – the fusion of the South, my body’s song and me. Margaret Walker Read Quote
My father has been the real anchor of the family. He’s the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me. Yusef Komunyakaa Read Quote
Size matters in fiction, but so does lack of size. Everything else being equal, fat novels tend to be perceived as serious, very thin ones as more honest, more real. Writers address these age-old expectations by filling their big books with philosophy and cramming their little ones with feeling. Walter Kirn Read Quote
I’m riding my man Obama. I think he’s a visionary. Actually, Barack told me the first date he took Michelle to was ‘Do the Right Thing.’ I said, Thank God I made it. Otherwise you would have taken her to ‘Soul Man.’ Michelle would have been like ‘What’s wrong with this brother?’ Spike Lee Read Quote
Eating something with someone is the second most sensual and intimate thing you can do in life. The experience can’t just be about consumption. Jon Taffer Read Quote
The way I express ideas is through the plot, Suspense is an important part of expressing an idea. Dara Horn Read Quote
As soon as I get the chance, I’ll be back spouting nonsense on the microphone. Greg Davies Read Quote
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body. Marcus Tullius Cicero Read Quote
