Abjure all accretions and turn off the lights. Put on some music - Leonard Cohen, say, perhaps his 'Various Positions' - and… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didn't mollycoddle me. They left me… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I might enjoy writing some ghost stories set in Japan because their whole idea about the spirit world is so interesting. — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Neom will have a lot of ports, some of them in Saudi Arabia and some of them in Egypt. — Mohammad bin Salman Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, some women want to remake their husbands after their own design. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the… — Pablo Schreiber Copy Share Image
I already do some charity, but I don't necessarily talk about it. That doesn't mean I don't do it. — Dan Bilzerian Copy Share Image
In the early to mid-'90s, everywhere I turned, someone had died. It wasn't just people in bands. It was the people I… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
I have a pretty expanded view of what art is. I include pop music and even some sports. — Elizabeth Price Copy Share Image
When I am performing live, I walk into a room, and I just try to get a feel for the vibe, and… — Grandmaster Flash Copy Share Image
I have lots of ambitions. I'd love to do theatre. I'd like to be in 'Tea With Mussolini 2;' I'd like to… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
Most of us are not pure self-starters; most people need role models, they need coaches, they need exemplars, they maybe need some… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I engage with a lot of journalists, some of them have history and some of them don't, that's not my concern. My… — John Key Copy Share Image
I want to play a princess or some woman from royalty or aristocracy. If I get to have an accent, even better.… — Christa B. Allen Copy Share Image
I've been introduced to some huge designers that I could never afford. It's really cool. — Annie Ilonzeh Copy Share Image
A black man - I say a black man, we got no corner on the market, but every day in some form… — Joe Greene Copy Share Image
Listen, there are some movies that are set in stone and the writer or the director does not want to change, but… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
I think this planet is far stronger than we are. We're gonna maybe make it very unhealthy and then we're probably gonna… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
There may be people in my audience who may not agree with me on some particular issue - you know, say, as… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
There have been actresses who transitioned and nobody knew. But for me, with everybody knowing my history, it will be harder. I'm… — Candis Cayne Copy Share Image
I'll come up with an idea for a character, and I'll write some jokes and make sure that that character is going… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups.… — Hilda Solis Copy Share Image
In the same way that a mundane object can have a personality somehow, I try to suggest that a mundane setting can… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
