Hanya Yanagihara Quotes

I wrote my second novel, 'A Little Life,' in what I still think of as a fever dream: For 18 months, I was unable to properly concentrate on anything else.

Hanya Yanagihara

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LifeThinkDreamLittleAnything

If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.

Jim DeMint

GayPersonTeachingShouldPublic

I think Barbie and I are very similar in many respects. That's why she made such a great muse for the summer Moschino collection.

Jeremy Scott

GreatThinkSummerBarbieWhyShe

I'm the person friends come to when they want to find the perfect restaurant or boutique hotel on the outskirts of Paris. As opposed to scouring the Internet for a travel guide, wouldn't you rather ask the people who are really cool who go there? That's what I do.

Meghan Markle

TravelPeopleCoolRestaurantHotel

It's easy to walk away from risk, and you don't actually have to face it. Success is based upon overcoming the inherent risk you can't manage your way out of.

Maurice Flanagan

SuccessWalkOvercomingFaceYou

As a teenager I read a lot of books. Books with lots of scary trends, things like nuclear weapons and overpopulation and global diseases, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to write stories that showed people these problems and that we could do something about them.'

Jeffrey Skoll

GreatPeopleProblemsThoughtTrends

The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes.

Rumi

LoveHeartEyesMomentSoulMy Soul

'Edward Scissorhands' was tough to let go of because I found real safety in allowing myself to be that open, that honest. To explore purity. It was a hard one to walk away from.

Johnny Depp

MyselfWalkSafetyToughGoExplore

I like some of Annie Proulx, some of those very brief stories of hers. And I love J. M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello. I like Geoff Dyer. I also liked W. G. Sebald, especially his book 'The Emigrants'.

David Shields

LoveBookLikeStoriesSomeThose

I try to avoid the 'art world' as much as possible. It's too much about fads and fashions - who's getting the best prices at auction and things like that.

Cornelia Parker

ArtBestWorldToo MuchPossible

Not being a natural songwriter... for me the appreciation of a great song and the writers came early on, growing up in a musical family. My dad got to sing songs by some of the greatest writers of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Bonnie Raitt

FamilyGreatTimeAppreciationSong

The dream is to have it all. Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? Live this life, that life, this life, you know? You only live one time - I want to get it all in.

Paul Walker

LifeLiveTimeCakeYouDream

The end of the world is on people's minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility.

Nicolas Cage

PowerResponsibilityPeopleWorld

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