I asked the girl at the coffee shop out on a date…

Academically, I was never that interested. I skipped classes. My biggest dream was to have a coffee shop, but I had no idea how…

— Daniel Espinosa

I spend a lot of time loathing the sentences that I put down on the page. Once I'm past that phase, it doesn't really…

— Kelly Link

“I look at you and see a life we’ve yet to build,
a love that feels inevitable, waiting to unfold. I look at your face…

— Marion Bekoe

“See, forgiveness doesn't happen all at once. It's not an event -- it's a process. Forgiveness happens while you're asleep, while you're dreaming, while…

— Barry Lyga

I got my first job when I moved to Los Angeles. I worked at a coffee shop for five years and it was one…

— Katie Leclerc

I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who…

— Diane Guerrero

Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were in coffee shops instead…

— Alexandra Petri

“What that means, in a practical way, is that we strive to know and love a few people deeply. We don’t have to distribute…

— Judson Edwards

[On living in New York City:] I'm oblivious to everything. I just don't notice anything. I sat in a coffee shop, drank half a…

— Laura Kightlinger

Nothing's going to keep me from making music. If I were in the want-ads in the back of the paper or playing to six…

— Dave Grohl

I wanted to help my sister, Latoya, because she's an awesome cook. She's one of the best culinary people I've ever met. She makes…

— Mickie James

If you think your demeanor is mellow or not particularly charismatic, the material can life you higher. So write everyday, and get onstage or…

— Dane Cook

There's this whole post-modern, nuevo beatnik, retro-bohemian thing going on, you know what I mean? You walk into some coffee shops, and it feels…

— Marc Maron

“Forever feels a long time when you're eighteen. When you're away from home for the first time in your life, when you forge instant…

— Jane Green

In our fibre-optic world of tweets and tablets, we are more conscious of the world around us. The technicolour violence and humanitarian abuses of…

— Peter Maurer