I'd never met Philip Seymour Hoffman, never knew anyone who knew him, never even read a passably revealing magazine profile of him. — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I never met Lou Reed, never was one of those journalists lucky enough to be the object of his derision, contempt, condescension,… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
When a cocker spaniel bites, it does so as a member of its species; it is never anything but a dog. When… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Storytellers all, we humans might run out of time even as we triumph over the problem of running out of space. But… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Character actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman and James Gandolfini have found themselves getting more and more leading roles because they are permitted… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
And what makes Bob Dylan stories interesting is that the only person who can decide their outcome is Bob Dylan, so you… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I have never baked. I have cooked thousands of meals big and small, but I have never cooked a cookie. I have… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
And you understand something: that although, like all American eaters, you've been conditioned to think of the entree as the climax of… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Every artist can make art only from the materials at hand, and many of the child stars who try to mature into artists can… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I wasn't learning to sing because I thought I could; I was learning to sing because I knew I couldn't. — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
We might accept pit bulls personally, but America still doesn't accept them institutionally, where it counts; indeed, apartment complexes and insurance companies are arrayed… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I collect songs because I want to control what I - what everybody within earshot - listens to. — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Any child can tell you what Google does - Google gives you the answers. But Google doesn't, not really. — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
My mother was not a country girl. She was a Brooklyn girl, born and raised in Flatbush, and then a Long Island girl, who… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
That there is as yet no drug for immortality - or, for that matter, for muscle growth in the infirm - does not mean… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I am not running for president, but I've always known if I ever did run for president - or local dogcatcher, for that matter… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Josh Ozersky was a meat man. He knew meat, revered it, studied it, sang it, evangelized it, wrote about it, and, of course, ate… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I was a bully in fifth and sixth grade. I wasn't one of the bullies - I wasn't strong or dominant enough to be… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I have about 25,000 songs on my computer and play them mostly on shuffle, which means that the songs I've played the most are… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Before the Beatles could give us 'The White Album', they had to achieve disorienting success. — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
