I never wanted to be a Cold War novelist.
Alan Furst
Recitation: by Male by Female
The people who are inspiring and strong for me are the ones who acknowledge vulnerabilities.
Jessie Buckley
PeopleMeStrongAcknowledgeWho
Unlike Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson never tried to convert himself into an acceptable black man.
John Gregory Dunne
ManWoodsBlackTigerNeverTried
I hate the sequester. I hate it.
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Hate
We all learn every day, and that's the magic about film making.
Michelle Yeoh
DayLearnMagicEvery DayFilm
I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice.
Michael Keaton
ProudLovedNiceBoyAltarStrict
The way I work on music is that I go into my studio, and I start playing music, and I see what happens, and... I never think about it.
Moby
WorkMusicStartThinkGoWay
When I went back to visit my native Berlin after World War II, I noticed that the only thing I really remembered from my childhood Berlin days is the shoe store.
Lukas Foss
ChildhoodWarWorldBackShoeDays
Write what you want to write, write what people want to hear, and write about what they're going through, because if you could connect with the people who are listening to your music and coming to your concerts and coming to your meet and greets, then you're doing your job well.
Luke Combs
MusicJobPeopleListeningDoing
Normally, it takes me about three years to write one of the big books. It is usually four years between releases because of the huge amount of travel and PR and just nuisance going on around them. I have a lot of pressure from publishers and agents.
Diana Gabaldon
TravelMePressureThreeWriteBig
I hate going anywhere. I'm really excited to travel and play all these different places, but if I had it my way, I would stay inside, maybe go to the back garden or walk around the corner to the shops. That's it.
Courtney Barnett
HateWalkTravelBackGardenPlay
Sly Stone made such a huge contribution to the good feeling in the universe, and I love him as a singer.
Boy George
LoveGoodUniverseStoneFeeling
How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me.
William Gaddis
MeBoredomBeyondDyingWithoutGet
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