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I've been interested in writing and storytelling since I learned to read, but it wasn't until I read Dylan Thomas, when I was 14, that I became interested in language itself, and saw it as more than a transparent medium for a story.


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JAY SAMIT Marc Maron's podcast success has nothing to do with my podcast success. If I do a quarter of a m...
JAY MOHR Design is how you make your first impression with your consumers. Make sure it is a lasting one.
JAY SAMIT I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. ...
JAY KAY Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not...
JAY INSLEE I think golf is a waste of time and a waste of a sunny afternoon. I also stink at it. I have never f...
JAY MOHR Betting all your funds on the belief that you know what consumers want and are willing to pay for is...
JAY SAMIT The strength of brand loyalty begins with how your product makes people feel.
JAY SAMIT You've got to know how to hustle. I got a lot of inspiration from my parents. My father was defi...
JAY PHAROAH Diabetes is all about insulin levels and sugar levels and what you put in your body.
JAY CUTLER The whole point of the Resurrection stories - and the Resurrection itself - is that we don't rec...
JAY PARINI Bullying has been around forever, and so it became one of these issues that as an adult we look back...
JAY ASHER The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washi...
JAY INSLEE That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to a...
JAY-Z I've got a nice collection of paintings - a Basquiat, a black-and-white Warhol that's like a...
JAY-Z I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman ...
JAY-Z What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Spec...
JAY INSLEE I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.
JAY DUPLASS Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our tim...
RICKY JAY I've talked to Bill Clinton - he's the ultimate rock star; no one's more charming than h...
JAY-Z A proper respect for nature means that you can't pollute the air, poison the rivers and chop dow...
JAY PARINI I didn't go to many movies. My mom would make a family outing and bring chicken in the theater. ...
JAY-Z When your past shows up to haunt you, make sure it comes after supper so it doesn't ruin your whole ...
JAY WICKRE The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact...
ANTONY JAY Within the Christian tradition, fundamentalism arose in the 19th century as an effort to push back a...
JAY PARINI Colleges and classrooms should be havens of tranquility, places where thoughtful discussions occur, ...
JAY PARINI My girlfriend has crabs, I bought her fishnet stockings.
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