The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton…

“Poor people do not go on holiday; they go home.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Growing up, my dad drank a lot of wine, so I got a taste for, and learned how to enjoy it. He spoke a…

— Tom Araya

“In sum, one of the primary things I learned was how to kill time. I learned also to wish away my life. I learned…

— Derrick Jensen

I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent,…

— Luanne Rice

I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to…

— Mara Wilson

College, for me, was more about wrestling than actually going to classes.

— Jon Jones

My mother sent me to speech classes, but the other kids still teased me. I was shy. I stooped. Instead of talking, I kept…

— Colman Domingo

“The only time there had been any excitement in any of my classes was when someone set someone else on fire.”

— Kim Curran

In college, one of my favorite classes was a six-week class watching horror movies. 'The Bad Seed' was one of them and was the…

— David Leslie Johnson

While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of…

— Liya Kebede

I sort of tried to get a basketball scholarship out of high school, but that didn't happen. Then I started working for UPS, and…

— Boyd Holbrook

I'm a Conservative, but I talk for the ordinary working classes. I get on with the boys at the pub, but I can also…

— Vinnie Jones

What's funny is my mom took me to the theater for the first time when I was six years old, and I was just…

— Dana Davis

My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that…

— Zadie Smith

Being in Loyola College exposed me to other options and gave me confidence, apart from the freedom to bunk classes. I became a merchandiser…

— Suriya