“This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We're all responsible for this.” Quote by Ann Patchett
“If what we want to do is promote reading and writing and publishing and making sure this is a business that keeps going - because it is a business! It's not just an art - then we have to take responsibility. I get sort of crazy and frothy when I think about this. It really matters.” IfsThinkingWantWritingArtMatterReadingResponsibilityCrazyKeep GoingPublishingTaking ResponsibilityReading And Writing Author:Ann Patchett
“That's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to somebody, "I'm glad you're reading this book" or "I'm glad you're getting this book" or "Don't get that book. I read that book and hated that book. Let's get you this book instead."” I CanBookReadingWalksStoresGladHatedAdoreBookstores Author:Ann Patchett
“I'm trying to just drop so much music that people cannot ignore it.” PeopleTrying Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“My mom was always making me clothes. We'd go to the fabric store, pick out patterns, and it was a creative process. I heard that word a lot growing up: creative.” ProcessCreativeGrowing UpGrowingHeardMomClothesPicksPatternsMy MomStoresCreative ProcessFabric Author:Gwen Stefani
“I didn't know anything about fashion, growing up in Orange County. I just knew about it through music, how ska bands dressed.” KnowsGrowing UpGrowingFashionBandOrangeCountyOrange County Author:Gwen Stefani
“People will tell me, "You're such a punk rebel," this or that, but I was not that growing up. I was actually a super-sheltered, conservative girl. Now, there was probably a bit of me that was like, "Why do I have to be like that?"” PeopleGirlBitsGrowing UpGrowingConservativeRebelPunk Author:Gwen Stefani
“When you discover your sexuality - like when you're little, you don't notice it. Then suddenly you're walking down the street and you're whistled at. And you're like, Oh, I have this power I didn't know about. And you also discover you're kind of prey. And you're like, Wait, that's confusing.” KnowsKindLittlesWaitingStreetsWalkingSexualityOver YouConfusingPrey Author:Gwen Stefani
“We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them.” HardGivenTragedyHard TimesThrough Hard Times Author:Gwen Stefani
“The intention of being married is the vow, right? You want to put everything into it to make it a success.” WantMarriedIntentionVowBeing Married Author:Gwen Stefani