I've actually been asked once or twice if I had some Puerto Rican in me.
Grey Damon
Recitation: by Male by Female
I teach in M.F.A. programs now, and I think that's a great way to become a novelist, but I mourn that Pete Dexter and Joan Didion's route is maybe less likely because there are fewer of those jobs. I always liken it to playing piano in some great dive jazz bar. You didn't pick the songs, you played what people asked for, but you got your chops.
Jess Walter
GreatPeopleThinkYouJazzBecome
I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.
Jennifer Love Hewitt
LoveConfidenceMorningBeautifulMe
I'm trying to show people that you can have any kind of life you want.
Mauro Ranallo
LifePeopleTryingYouWantKind
Twitter is incredibly useful. It's a great example of how the Internet is changing the way we engage with information and text. Above all else, this change in the nature of engagement is fascinating for me as a writer.
Steven Hall
NatureChangeGreatMeInternetWay
I had gone to school to study marine biology.
Skeet Ulrich
SchoolBiologyStudyGoneHad
Sometimes I think that I want to do something strictly basic, really simple. Just with a few chords. But I won't have anything more than two or three sentences in my head. That kind of evaporates once I start playing and then it goes off in whatever direction.
Tom Jenkinson
SimpleStartDirectionThinkThree
I did a play in Bolton - 'Billy Liar.' I turned it down at first but then thought, 'What the hell else can I do? I'm no good at anything else.'
Anne Reid
GoodLiarThoughtHellDownPlay
Yes, the divorce was difficult. It was difficult.
Priscilla Presley
DivorceDifficultYes
I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.
Peter Hook
BusinessMusicMindThinkYouBear
From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.
Richie Benaud
HumanityYouGrassBoxSeeCarpet
I'm Nikki Haley, Governor of the great state of South Carolina.
Nikki Haley
GreatSouth CarolinaStateGovernor
There are a lot of things to get seduced by in America.
Lena Olin
AmericaThingsGetLotSeduced
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