Trenton Lee Stewart Quotes

Browsing the first editions at my local independent bookstore, I came across 'Pastoralia,' a collection of stories by George Saunders. I'd read one of the stories in it already, and several other Saunders stories in magazines and anthologies, and liked them all.

Trenton Lee Stewart

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I've got friends who totally disagree on politics, religion, cultural things, but at the core, we're the same people.

Joe R. Lansdale

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All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheesemaking class a few weeks ago, and I told my family and friends to only get me kitchen stuff on my birthday. I'm into every kind of cookbook and anything by Anthony Bourdain. I'd love to own a restaurant if I could find the right chef.

Jesse McCartney

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I don't want to be known for anything other than the fact that I play characters in movies.

Sophia Myles

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Now U2's not my favorite band, but I do respect them, and in the same way I respect Bowie: They change without fear of change.

Trent Reznor

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What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

Robert Browning

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Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods - so much media. Do books even matter anymore?

Mo Rocca

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What can happen if a young reader picks up a book he/she isn't yet ready for? Questions, maybe. Usually, that child puts down the book and says, 'Boring.' Or, 'I'm not ready for this.' Kids are really good at knowing what they can handle.

Judy Blume

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It's a cliche, but true, that writing is intensely solitary and at times really lonely. I sit in one room and talk to squirrels and blue jays all day.

Douglas Coupland

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Finding original source material is not easy, but when something special like 'Edge of Tomorrow' comes along, everybody recognized it. I wasn't swimming against the stream. Warner Brothers immediately supported it, Tom Cruise signed on instantly; Emily Blunt, who was our first choice, signed on immediately.

Doug Liman

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My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.

Psy

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If you're willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it's, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain.

Sylvester Stallone

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There's something so grabbing about people who will do anything for one another.

Shanola Hampton

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