I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter…

One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning.

— Marcel Duchamp

I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.

— Alice Walker

Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,…

— Rajneesh

I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to…

— David S. Goyer

There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I…

— Daniel Caesar

It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the…

— Elmore Leonard

I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's…

— Neil Peart

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

— Samuel Barnett

Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my…

— Rachel Nichols

I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It…

— Joan Rivers

I was contacted by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, MP, through the Pune Film Institute and offered the post in the NFDC. I accepted it for…

— Suresh Gopi

I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone sort of…

— Mark Leibovich

There are a lot of kids out there copying and distributing movies - not because they care about seeing the movies or sharing them…

— John Perry Barlow

It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling…

— Ryan Newman