With literary biographies, you're either shelved with other biographies or next to your subject's fiction. — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one they would like… — Irving Penn Copy Share Image
One might rationally argue that individual human beings should be free choose what moral behavior they approve of, and which they don't,… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
Obviously there are positives to working in the epicenter of innovation. But there are also disadvantages. There is a groupthink mentality that… — Peter Barris Copy Share Image
Social studies was my favorite subject. I remember I portrayed Walter Mondale in a mock debate in my sophomore social studies class. — Kane Copy Share Image
Whether in print or other media, a good biography is more than a court record or a stringing together of already familiar… — Noel Riley Fitch Copy Share Image
Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously expressed seems somehow crass to me; and when the subject is myself, I want… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Having kids has proven to be this amazing - for me, this amazing source of ideas of anecdotes, of examples, I can… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Most of the people who are engaged in the subjects that I look into are pretty interesting. Whether its sex researchers or… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I first met the subject of X-ray diffraction of crystals in the pages of the book W. H. Bragg wrote for school… — Dorothy Hodgkin Copy Share Image
The winter period between September and March in this country, when land sits fallow and is subject to topsoil loss, we could… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
I'm no online whiz, but I'm not a Luddite, either. I love that we have these laptops and tablets and smart phones;… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
Just because you call something a blockchain or an ICO, that doesn't mean you aren't subject to normal laws. — Juan Benet Copy Share Image
I have a strong feeling that the subject of evolution is beautiful without the excuse of creationists needing to be bashed. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Anything else that is not sexual assault or sexual harassment - those will be typically subject to arbitration. And Uber is like… — Tony West Copy Share Image
You're a good presenter if you know your subject and you can communicate it with passion. Period. That's all that matters on… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I'd like to write a movie about it. — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
With a face like mine, I'm never going to play a character who conquers the universe, I'm going to play characters who… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
If I can hear the music then no, I don't hit a wrong note. But if I can't hear the music because… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
My own perception of Malcolm was one of something that bordered on fascination because I was looking at him and reacting to… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
I'd photographed musicians before but this was different. Syd was very charismatic, and he had the aura of a poete maudit, which… — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
Who would have thought that a story about a professor of phonetics would result in it being probably one of the great… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
With regard to my family as I said nothing upon the subject before I may tell you that I have six children… — John Hawley Copy Share Image
The severe portrait that is not the greatest joy in the world to the subject may be enormously interesting to the reader. — Irving Penn Copy Share Image
