Judith Viorst
Related Our kids are not Jewish, and they're not Catholic. They're not Episcopalian. They're not... RHEA PERLMAN In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever bod... DANA PLATO Basically the children who watch it just see the little characters they love, and so they're not... DON BLUTH GEORGE R. R. MARTIN ASHLEY OLSEN Kids can sniff out when they are being preached to, and they don't like it. So while my books ar... JEFF KINNEY EVANNA LYNCH KRISTEN STEWART Couples without kids have each other, their friends, families, and Siri to talk to. It's not lik... JEN KIRKMAN Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell... GAIL CARRIGER I always wonder if my kids will say they're mixed or black. GARY OWEN KENNETH BRANAGH As an audience member, I live vicariously through the characters I watch or read about. There's ... JAMES BADGE DALE My thing is, I know kids cuss, they do their thing, but I tell my kids, 'Don't do it in ears... ICE CUBE All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female character... OPHELIA LOVIBOND DALLAS ROBERTS BRENE BROWN What I think is wonderful is that women are not just avengers or victims in films. They are people. ... MADHURI DIXIT PAT CONROY I'm writing exactly the kinds of books I like to write. And they're the kinds of books I lik... JOY FIELDING My character's kind of grown up with Katniss. The beginning of the story, they're more or le... LIAM HEMSWORTH My oldest son always wants to race. He's kind of like me and it now has carried over to the othe... STEVE BLAKE GEORGE R. R. MARTIN LOIS LOWRY My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music. EDDIE TRUNK If kids can have some sort of social responsibility, that's cool. But if they're not actuall... DIPLO Derivatives in and of themselves are not evil. There's nothing evil about how they're traded... JAMES CHANOS You remember driving your kids to Little League, and they're nervous about making the team, and ... JACK HARBAUGH MATT GROENING DR. DRE TORI SPELLING I don't allow meat in my house or in my oven. My whole family is vegetarian - and although I'... SADIE FROST My standards are based on shows I like, like 'Girls' or 'Arrested Development.' And ... RACHEL BLOOM CASSANDRA CLARE SUZANNE COLLINS In L.A., like, there's a lot of, like, materialism, and, you know, people who think they're ... KREAYSHAWN REBECCA HALL If you think about people's lives, you think about what's significant. And the things I find... PATRICK WANG There will be no 'Mommie Dearest' in the lives of my children, and no books like the one the... DON AMECHE All kids love to get dirty, but if I wandered into the garage, my father would say: 'Son, you... BRUCE FORSYTH CHUCK PALAHNIUK NED VIZZINI Most of my good friends are my friends from high school or childhood, and they're not actors - t... EMILY MEADE BUSY PHILIPPS My children - in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least ... STEVE BALLMER Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love. SHELLEY DUVALL REBEL WILSON JAMES PATTERSON Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even... CARLA GUGINO I think all kids think their parents are strict. My parents aren't superstrict, but they seem to... CODY LINLEY Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my fri... EDIE FALCO GARY OLDMAN I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have b... MISHA COLLINS I have friends of mine that are actors or singers, and they're the classic guys where, they'... JAIME CAMIL Soon after publishing a book for kids, my mailbox began to fill with letters from children all acros... RODMAN PHILBRICK The kids all literally think I'm Spider-Man, and they ask me how I shoot my webs. It's flatt... JAKE EPSTEIN ELLEN BARKIN HILARIE BURTON Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a crit... ANDREW MASON ORHAN PAMUK I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're p... CAITY LOTZ You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a pro... TOBIN BELL People think children's books are about teddy bears and little flowers. I realize people sometim... PETER SIS RICK RIORDAN I constantly worry about my family and my kids. 'Are they O.K., what are they doing right now?&#... DWIGHT HENRY PAUL BLOOM CANDACE BUSHNELL When are programmers happy? They're happy when they're not underutilized - when they're ... ERIC S. RAYMOND AJ LEE One of the reasons 'Boogie Nights' is one of my favorite movies is because it's about pe... JENNIFER KONNER CARL HIAASEN I've made a couple of comments about fame, and my kids are going to be put in - in, you know, wo... KEVIN FEDERLINE My children are my life. They're so spectacular. LARA LOGAN I have friends that I have made through Twitter or things like that, but they're all verified as... KATIE FEATHERSTON GLOZELL MARLO THOMAS EMRAAN HASHMI STEVE CARELL A lot of people assume I have a great hat collection, but kids steal my hats at every show. I've... MAC DEMARCO BRIAN GRAZER REGINA BRETT DANNY DEVITO TONY DUNGY TWIGGY ANGELA BOWIE I like to buy books for the kids in my family. I guess that's why they call me the 'mean'... DANA SPIOTTA There are just so many funny kids and teenagers. They're just not aware of how funny they are. VANESSA BAYER Fashion is entertainment. That's why these top models are so fascinating to kids. They're dy... CARRIE DONOVAN Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or bec... HEATHER WILSON LINDSAY LOHAN And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters.... BRIAN DE PALMA LAKE BELL I've noticed women my age and a little younger, anywhere from 35 to 50, saying, 'Who would w... MARY GAITSKILL There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for bo... L.A. WEATHERLY Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they&#... DON KNOTTS WYNTON MARSALIS DONATELLA VERSACE That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like ... EDGAR RAMIREZ BILLY CRYSTAL My neighbors are quiet. I am not. I don't know if they're dead or alive. CHARO
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