“Congratulations is a societal burp that follows a positive act. When you graduate AA, you get a congratulations. When you throw back three bottles of whiskey in one night, you do not. For a species that is interested in furthering… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“No matter who you are, not everybody is going to like what you do, so as long as you’re armed with that knowledge, you’ll… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“Always go into new experiences with low expectations so as to always be pleasantly surprised.” — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“artist now!” It’s more like, “We’ll see how well you do and then maybe you’ll get some royalties if you have a hit album.”… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“overpopulation problem as one good reason we should reconsider our willy-nilly tendency to procreate. That made sense. If you want to go green, but like really green, there’s no better way than to not create another consumer who will beget yet more consumers, until one day Target and Wal-Mart go extinct. Then again, having a kid might be good for… — Mara Altman Copy Share
“Obviously, when conditions are sunny and benign, any wimpy wantwit can relax and be cheerful. It’s when her house is burning down that the… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“Congratulations is a societal burp that follows a positive act. When you graduate AA, you get a congratulations. When you throw back three bottles… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“By its very nature, a writer’s mind is a monkey mind — and meditation, alas, kills the monkey.” — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“Oh, maybe Leonard Cohen. Leonard Cohen is my hero. He’s like Zorba the Buddha. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the Indian guru who I think was… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“You don’t want to suffer to prove that you’re leading an untraditional life. In fact, you don’t need to prove that at all. You… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image
“would hope that they would know that I’m not the same person in real life that I am on stage. It’s a whole different… — Mara Altman Copy Share Image