“Growing up in a small town, in the Midwest, and Catholic: Those are sort of three layers of repression.” Quote by Paul Rust
“My mom was my English teacher in high school. So to be able to bend the rules and be the class clown and get to take on my religion, my mom, and my town all at the same time was glorious. I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows a bit. If you're cracking a joke in school, it's sort of anti-authority, but it's in the nicest, "Please like me!" way.” IfsThinkingWayAbleSchoolDesireBitsClassTeacherMomPleaseAuthorityJokesHigh SchoolTownsMy MomLike MeGloriousClownMixturesElbowsEnglish Teacher Author:Paul Rust
“I gotta say, the Catholic Church has churned out a lot of great artists and directors and actors, so if that's all they do, that's fine by me. If they're good at churning out tortured artists, that's great!” IfsArtistActorsChurchFineDirectorsCatholicGreat ArtCatholic ChurchGreat ArtistChurningTortured Artists Author:Paul Rust
“I think "honest" sometimes gets used to describe a real depiction of real life. I don't think that's necessarily what we're doing. We created these fake characters and we're just trying to figure out what they would do in situations they enter into.” ThinkingTryingRealSometimesCharacterUsedSituationHonestFiguresReal LifeFakeDepiction Author:Paul Rust
“A lot of the day-to-day, minute-to-minute struggles are a bit more taken care of, so it allows you to start asking more existential questions like, "What do I want in life? What's going to make me happy?"” WantCareBitsStruggleTakenMinutesAskingExistentialDay To DayMake Me Happy Author:Paul Rust
“In your 20s, you're checking your bank account to make sure you're not broke. In your 30s, you're looking at yourself and realizing you're broken.” RealizingBrokenAccountsBrokeBank Accounts Author:Paul Rust
“Ted Cruz has struggled, and Donald Trump, of course, has been the big winner the last two outings. And the polling that we have, some of it is a week old. In fact, I think that's the latest poll suggests that he has a strong lead here. And therefore should be expected to win.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensTwoFactsBigsLastsCoursesWinningStrongWeekTrumpExpectedWinnerPollsCruzPolling Author:Brit Hume
“It's funny, the whole cooking thing came out of just a random thought of writing a cookbook with my mom and my sister for fun.” WritingWholeFunMomCookingMy MomMy SisterCookbookRandom Thoughts Author:Trisha Yearwood
“'m the inspiration for picking it up off the floor after it fell off the stool and figuring out a way to make it still work.” WayStillsInspirationStools Author:Trisha Yearwood
“You know, really - actually, it's funny because it's a sore spot with me because I have all these recipes that, you know, you have to measure things out and put them in. And then you bake it and it becomes this thing. And it's not a recipe.” KnowsSpotsRecipesSure Thing Author:Trisha Yearwood
“I'm like it's - it's like taking out whatever you have in your fridge and putting it in a bowl and eating it.” EatingBowlsFridges Author:Trisha Yearwood
