“I am at the bookstore a lot, but let my friends, the professional Birchbark Books staff, handle the day in and day out.” BookMy FriendsHandleStaffBookstores Author:Louise Erdrich
“Claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. I think that should be absolutely disavowed. It's absolutely unacceptable.” ThinkingShouldPersonsJobsRaceDefinitionsRacistCommentTextbooks Author:Paul Ryan
“I want audiences to look at adolescent delinquents with greater understanding and more compassion.” WantLooksUnderstandingCompassionAudienceGreaterDelinquents Author:Emmanuelle Bercot
“In France, it is television that pays for films to be made and I received all of my funding from TV: two television channels, government funding and distributor contribution (Wild Bunch). My films are low-budget, and not expensive [to make].” MadeTwoGovernmentFilmPayTelevisionTvsLowsBunchFranceBudgetsContributionExpensiveFundingDistributorsGovernment Funding Author:Emmanuelle Bercot
“"Lost in Translation" by Sofia Coppola. It's a masterpiece. I laughed a lot but was also overwhelmed by the story - a rare combination.” StoriesLostCombinationLaughedMasterpieceOverwhelmedTranslationsLost In Translation Author:Emmanuelle Bercot
“I didn't know my grandparents. They were - my grandfather - my maternal grandfather died when I was five. I have very little memory of him. All my other grandparents were dead by the time I was of any age to remember anything.” KnowsLittlesAgeRememberMemoriesFiveDiedGrandfatherGrandparentMy GrandfatherFather DiedGrandfather Died Author:Robert Barry
“I have to say, I'm not someone who's really big into my family history - never really was very curious about it. The only thing I know about it is what I picked up from my aunts and parents.” KnowsBigsParentMy FamilyCuriousAuntFamily History Author:Robert Barry
“I went to Our Lady of Mercy, parochial school and I started Fordham Prep, but that only lasted about a year and then I - to me, it was like going to some kind of concentration camp. I was not very happy. And I only went there because that's where my brother went, really.” YearsKindSchoolBrotherMercyMy BrotherConcentrationCampsVery HappyConcentration CampPreps Author:Robert Barry
“I think my parents - my parents were very hands-off, quite liberal in terms of their - they really - they did encourage me, but they never really pushed me into anything, really.” ThinkingHandsParentTerm Author:Robert Barry