I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's game,' and they keep trying to make young songs. But you don't know the slang - it changes every day, and you're just visiting. So you're trying to be something you're not, and the audience doesn't buy into that.
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Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on... TAYLOR SWIFT I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH People are trying to act like they're balling all day with cars, their house, like there's n... REMY MA I think probably - I think, you know, when you're first dating somebody, if they're just not... GREG BEHRENDT A ghost is someone who hasn't made it - in other words, who died, and they don't know they... SYLVIA BROWNE When you're young, you don't know what you don't know, so it's easier to get into th... GREG RUSEDSKI About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoug... DAVID R. BROWER I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE To be honest, relationships with the opposite sex are the most challenging things I've done. You... DIANE LANE I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the ti... ELLE FANNING The thing about cooking is it's so interesting to watch. I don't know why, but if you go to ... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when ... TAYLOR SWIFT Here's the thing. Just because you're pro-troops doesn't mean you're pro-war. And ju... TOBY KEITH Everybody struggles with being an oddball. It's tough trying to fit in when you're a kid; th... NAOMIE HARRIS A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think ... OCTAVIA BUTLER When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But w... FEFE DOBSON Once you start trying to sell creativity, you're always going to run into the problem that the p... DAVE PIRNER When you start playing music when you're quite young, it's easy to stay young. And then you&... CHARLIE FINK Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don&... FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that... VERONICA ROTH I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm... BO BURNHAM I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... 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CAITLIN MORAN You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a pro... TOBIN BELL It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something that peop... JIM HENSON People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here ... RUPAUL Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly... VIGGO MORTENSEN I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't k... SAMANTHA MORTON I don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or... DAVID OGILVY Lawyers don't serve everyone... Lawyers right now can say, 'I'm not the person to help y... BILL HASLAM Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jaz... OSCAR PETERSON It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building comp... STEVE JOBS The truth is, people don't know me. When people don't know you, they're going to try to ... TREVOR NOAH Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious w... FANNY BRICE When young women get called bossy, it's often because they're trying to exercise power witho... ADAM GRANT If you're going to say to all the people that you're working with, 'We want you to treat... JAMES SINEGAL Your children can be around you all day, but if you don't spend quality time with them and you d... BRANDY NORWOOD Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're n... ALAN CUMMING People come up and say, 'Hey, I know you!' They're middle-aged women and big burly guys.... 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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. 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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. 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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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