“I have the weirdest job. The hair and makeup people were talking the other day about how weird their job is. And costumes, they have to be in people's faces and have to reach in their skirts to pull their shirts down and stuff. I was like, "You guys, I meet someone, I shake their hand, and then I kiss them. And sober. During midday. For money."” PeopleHandsJobsFacesGuyStuffTalkingLike YouHairKissingDown AndShirtsShakesMakeupSoberCostumesSkirtsHair And Makeup Author:Mary Elizabeth Ellis
“It's fun to be debaucherous and the worst version of yourself.” FunWorstVersions Author:Mary Elizabeth Ellis
“People still tweet me like, "Oh my god, I just found out you guys are married!" Which makes sense to me because I'm not the type of person who is like, "I love this actor, let me find out everything about their lives."” PeoplePersonsStillsGuyActorsFoundTypeMarriedLet MeMake SenseTweet Author:Mary Elizabeth Ellis
“I come from a culture that has refined the art of the dirge to a sublime level.” ArtCultureLevelsSublimeRefined Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“It may not seem that way, but I am an absolute optimist, an unrepentant optimist.” WayMaySeemsAbsolutesOptimist Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“The young readers I have interacted with carry old concerns repackaged in the skin of a new generation: puzzlement over continuous national moral failings, contradictions with the elders, nostalgia for a nonexistent Kenyan past.” PastYoungMoralFailingGenerationsReaderConcernSkinsNostalgiaContradictionEldersNew Generation Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“Kenya is a mercurial character. I feel the country has a presence that can turn on its people in a very violent way.” PeopleWayFeelsCountryCharacterTurnsViolentTurn-onKenya Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“Kenya is an immense land with a capacity for healing.” HealingLandCapacityImmenseKenya Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“In my perfect imagination, with stern discipline I rise with the first bird, salute the dawn, have a healthy breakfast of fruits, wander over to my faux-oak desk, tap the On button on my Macbook Air, acknowledge the muse, and skip into the world where the story flows over the day and into the night.” WorldFirstsStoriesNightImaginationPerfectAirDisciplineHealthyBirdFlowFruitWanderDawnAcknowledgeBreakfastButtonsDesksMuseOaksSkipSaluteFauxMacbookMacbook Air Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“The truth, and nothing but the truth, is that dawn begins with a wrestling match with my soul and a systematic rejection of all the other useful possibilities a day offers. I make obeisance to the story, its characters, and the muse with burnt offerings.” SoulCharacterStoriesPossibilityTruth IsOffersMy SoulDawnRejectionWrestlingOfferingMuseSystematicNothing But The Truth Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor