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Related What's important is that people realize that I can't be put into a box musically. I've s... TREY SONGZ I'm not saying that what the radio plays isn't good. My issue is with what they don't pl... DJ JAZZY JEFF I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want t... AARON TVEIT In 50 years, I don't think you're gonna look back at 2006 and say, 'The good old days.... BRANDON FLOWERS I'm already popular in my city. I was just trying to get rich. Man, I'm not gonna lie to you... LIL UZI VERT I don't blame other people for the rap that Christians have. A lot of Christians are just mental... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN Whenever you have an ex, and they're like, 'I hope we can still be friends!' and you wer... ED SHEERAN I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes lon... ZACK SNYDER When I was 15, I didn't think I was the prettiest at all. But then something happened when I was... CYNTHIA ERIVO You don't have to look like an Under Armour mannequin to be an athlete. A lot of people probably... PRINCE FIELDER I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you're gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like tha... BRADLEY COOPER People always ask, 'Man, why don't you come out and enjoy it? Why don't you celebrate? W... J. J. WATT It's certain rappers that can really rap, that really spit all bars, so I understand why someone... TY DOLLA SIGN You can be a rapper born and raised in go-go music, violence, drugs, crack, Reagonomics, and still, ... WALE Now I'm old... maybe I'm still an eccentric hippie. There's a wonderful freedom in the e... SYLVESTER MCCOY I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about musi... MALIK BENDJELLOUL I love how, when you're a teenager, you're really opinionated, you're really right, you ... MAGGIE CAREY People look at me and keep walking - but you can tell they know who I am. I want them to bug me. It&... SCHOOLBOY Q You don't think that mean people can be funny, and Jane Lynch is the epitome of that. If there c... ALEX NEWELL There's been people who've rapped and produced - like Kanye - but I don't feel like on t... J. COLE I don't think anything can prepare you for the 'Strictly' experience. It really is insan... RICKY WHITTLE When you live in a safe place like Monte Carlo, you can walk home at any time of the night and you d... SHIRLEY BASSEY I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert. ROY AYERS To be a philanthropist, you don't have to be Nelson Mandela. You just have to look around you an... PRIYANKA CHOPRA You can feel like, 'I look really bad', but to other people you can be really gorgeous. ASHLEY TISDALE I'm shocked at being recognized. You go to places you don't think you would be and still, yo... DAN STEVENS I think if you look at exactly where you are, you can't really focus without looking back and fo... BILL LASWELL I realised that if you get yourself labeled as the funny one, people don't look any further. I... CATHERINE TATE I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think somethin... DONNA SUMMER Primarily I see myself as so much more than a rapper. I really believe I am the voice for a lot of p... JAY-Z I'm a fan of Jay-Z, I'mma always be a fan of Jay-Z. T-PAIN When I was on the radio, I used to be able to go a lot farther than I can now. You don't really ... JIMMY KIMMEL If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping. ICE T It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can ... DAISY FUENTES You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don... HAILE GEBRSELASSIE I'll tell a young kid in a minute, 'If you don't know how to read, then what good is try... RAEKWON I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't... LATOYA LONDON It makes you also realize, 'OK, I'm excited to play tennis, and I work really hard to be the... KIM CLIJSTERS You go to any Jay-Z concert, and he plays his hits. Comedians don't have hits. You have to have ... AZIZ ANSARI I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I ... FETTY WAP You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid... BEN CARSON It would surprise you how many government and business leaders with dyslexia. Some people view it as... JOHN T. CHAMBERS Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration,... ELLA FITZGERALD I will make up a crush, you hear me?! I will look at a guy and say, for two months at least, 'I ... ESTER DEAN I don't know rap. I can't tell you a Tupac song. But you put on some go-go, and I'll kno... SHY GLIZZY Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don&... FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. I'm just a living witness that you can be an imperfect soldier and still be in the army fighting... STEVE HARVEY If you're broke, you don't want to rap about being broke; you gonna rap about hustling and g... JUICY J If you have notoriety, you can dress any way you want to dress. That's the way it is. I just lik... RIC FLAIR Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman. T.I. I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be... LARA STONE I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people reac... PATTI SMITH You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't ... MARIO BALOTELLI I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediat... PADMA LAKSHMI I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'... SAM NEILL People try to put ownership on things: 'That's mine, that's my joke.' No such thing.... TOMMY CHONG I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?... ZOSIA MAMET So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just ... JOE CARNAHAN You can't do some of the things you used to do. I suppose you have to go at a gentler pace. I me... ANDY TAYLOR I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don... LINDA RONSTADT I can't tell if I want to be a rapper who's funny because I kind of enjoy just doing really ... AWKWAFINA I want a guy who's going to be accepting of - one, my big 'ol, loud Mexican family - and als... BECKY G You can do anything and be a star. You can dress like however you want, and you can do whatever you ... ALESSIA CARA What does it mean to be a superhero? We're all fighting for the better good. But, at the same ti... ELLEN WONG I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one's more feminist than me, but you don... CATHERINE ZETA-JONES You look at, like, a 'People' magazine, which used to be a really good, you know, nice magaz... CHELSEA HANDLER So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can&... DRAYMOND GREEN I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think ... MAGGIE Q Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become househo... ANDRE LEON TALLEY I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, bu... ALESSIA CARA You have to determine what you are and send the messages out to people, like, 'Hey, I'm a sc... ZACH GALLIGAN Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps... ICE T I don't spend much time looking back at what happened. I do remember it, but I don't see any... AMITABH BACHCHAN You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap sta... BRANDON FLOWERS I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for... MACKLEMORE I used to be super trendy and totally sexy. But I look back now and I used to want everything short ... KIM KARDASHIAN I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through ... FELICITY KENDAL Real faith is when you believe in something that you can't see. When things are going really bad... KEKE PALMER People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, ... EMINEM Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattract... JOEL OSTEEN You know, I don't think any mother aims to be a single mom. I didn't wish for that, but it h... CHARLIZE THERON I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. I... JONATHAN ANDERSON I think there are people, and I do not mean this to be disparaging, there are people like Jay Mohr a... ROB THOMAS I like everything that people say. No matter what they say. You gay, you a punk. You got a nice girl... YOUNG THUG When you reach a certain age, and people see you on television, they look at you and think, 'Wow... LARRY KING I can't tell you the number of people that are like, 'Has anyone ever told you you look like... GILLIAN JACOBS You gotta know that you're better than anybody, 'cause to me, if you don't go in like th... STUART SCOTT I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, y... BARRY SANDERS When you are caught with a big shot, you don't really feel it. It's like being in a car cras... ANTHONY JOSHUA I attack ideas. I don't attack people. And some very good people have some very bad ideas. And i... ANTONIN SCALIA But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always ... JENA MALONE I overthink everything. I'm very keen there should be a positive outcome. I like to control outc... BERTIE CARVEL You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listeni... HARMONY KORINE People often talk about Hispanics. You know, I have more Hispanics come up to me telling me, 'Li... ERIC TRUMP If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concep... JANE CAMPION On Hillary's side, I don't think it gets more establishment than Hillary Clinton. If I had o... GARY JOHNSON I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to dr... ELVIS PRESLEY Long before 'American Idol', people used to call me a diva. And I be like, 'Hold on, are... JENNIFER HUDSON I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rappin... NINA SIMONE I don't know if it's the sunshine, or the fact that I actually have a job, but I do like L.A... RICH SOMMER
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Your ... JAY Write what you love. Love will hold you through the hard times and hold the world during the good ti... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American. LAURA Z. HOBSON I grew up in an agnostic broad-minded family. LAURA Z. HOBSON The continuous invention of new ways of observing is man's special secret of living. J. Z. YOUNG One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually coun... GAIL Z. MARTIN Getting to share the stories in my head with other people and have them enjoy those stories, and hav... GAIL Z. MARTIN The 370-year-old antique shop Trifles and Folly is the heart of 'Deadly Curiosities,' my new... GAIL Z. MARTIN I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read the... GAIL Z. MARTIN My father loved antique shops and shows, and quite a bit of my childhood involved outings to dim, du... GAIL Z. MARTIN I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual. GAIL Z. MARTIN I call myself, 'The Estee Lauder of the garden world.' I'm my own little conglomerate. C. Z. GUEST The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time. C. Z. GUEST What I don't understand is these people who go on the street wearing riding clothes, and they ha... C. Z. GUEST All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs. C. Z. GUEST I like the classic look. Keep it simple. There's only so much you can wear. C. Z. GUEST If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have ta... P. Z. PEARCE Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets. POPPY Z. BRITE When the great white silence comes and fills the boughs of the trees with a thickening, glistening b... J. Z. KNIGHT Who has never killed an hour? Not casually or without thought, but carefully: a premeditated murder ... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to. EDGAR Z. FRIEDENBERG If our nation wants to reduce global warming, air pollution and energy instability, we should invest... MARK Z. JACOBSON Every dollar spent on nuclear is one less dollar spent on clean renewable energy and one more dollar... MARK Z. JACOBSON At the heart of any terror is the fear of losing what we find meaningful. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI I've always felt that having a garden is like having a good and loyal friend. C. Z. GUEST Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness. POPPY Z. BRITE Anger is one way to respond to fear. I say one way because responses are categorically multiple. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI The greatest of love letters are always coded for the one and not the many. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI By now you've probably noticed that except when safely contained by quotes, Zampanò always steers c... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI The ruminations are mine, let the world be yours. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI You'll be sick or feeling troubled or deeply in love or quietly uncertain or even content for the fi... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI No one ever really gets used to nightmares. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of h... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI ...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to any... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI What miracle is this? This giant tree. It stands ten thousand feet high But doesn't reach ... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI I took my morning walk, I took my evening walk, I ate something, I thought about something, I wrote,... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Why did god create a dual universe? So he might say ‘Be not like me. I am alone.' A... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI I am not a fool. I am wise. I will run from my fear, I will outdistance my fear, then I will hide fr... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Losing the possibility of something is the exact same thing as losing hope and without hope nothing ... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI For some reason, you will no longer be the person you believed you once were. You'll detect slow and... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Scars are the paler pain of survival received unwillingly and displayed in the language of injury. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI I still get nightmares. In fact, I get them so often I should be used to them by now. I'm not. No on... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI This is not for you. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI You shall be my roots and I will be your shade, though the sun burns my leaves. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI We all create stories to protect ourselves. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Little solace comes to those who grieve when thoughts keep drifting as walls keep shi... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI It may be the wrong decision, but fuck it, it's mine. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI This much I'm certain of: it doesn't happen immediately. You'll finish [the book] and that will be t... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Who has never killed an hour? Not casually or without thought, but carefully: a premeditated murder ... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI I'm a big believer in big books, and that doesn't necessarily mean long books. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling g... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun. POPPY Z. BRITE the seriousness of emotional deprivation: It is not difficult to understand how children ... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely. EDGAR Z. FREIDENBERG My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was all... POPPY Z. BRITE Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book. POPPY Z. BRITE What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how valuable we are. EDGAR Z. FRIEDENBERG The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. SIGMUND Z. ENGEL You can power the entire U.S. vehicle fleet with 73,000 to 145,000 five-megawatt wind turbines. That... MARK Z. JACOBSON In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or right in my body, and par... POPPY Z. BRITE This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably b... POPPY Z. BRITE In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been a huge influenc... POPPY Z. BRITE No one has ever done anything too bad to be forgiven R. Z. SHEPPARD At some point you have to start letting people save their own life. POPPY Z. BRITE An able practitioner of glitz lit. R. Z. SHEPPARD Physics depends on a universe infinitely centred on an equals sign. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Then no matter where you are, in a crowded restaurant or on some desolate street or even in the comf... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetrated by legitimate authority, they also rega... EDGAR Z. FRIEDENBERG An old man loved is winter with flowers. EDGAR Z. FRIEDENBERG [Ken] Kesey practices what has come to be known as gonzo journalism. The reporter, often intoxicated... R. Z. SHEPPARD His reserve of disdain appears endless. 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If you can't fix it, give it a spin. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish so... POPPY Z. BRITE Because the enormous narcissism of their parents deprived Will and Tom of suitable role models, both... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Let the night come. We are not afraid. POPPY Z. BRITE The last dying days of summer, fall coming on fast. A cold night, the first of the season, a change ... POPPY Z. BRITE Her smile, I'm sure, burnt Rome to the ground. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI You wouldn't believe how much harder it's getting for me to just leave my studio. It's really sad. I... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Absolutely nothing visible to the eye provides a reason for or even evidence of those terrifying shi... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Explanation is not half as strong as experience but experience is not half as strong as experience a... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI People frequently comment on the emptiness in one night stands, but emptiness here has always been j... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Even the brightest magnesium flare can do little against such dark except blind the eyes of the one ... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Of course there always will be darkness but I realize now something inhabits it. Historical or not. ... MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI