“I think it was Freud who said that we're all arrested at a certain age. For me, it was always 13.” ThinkingSaidAgeCertainArrested Author:Megan Abbott
“I think there are two prevailing views of the suburbs in the States: either they're this sort of tedious place, where everyone is the same, buys the same food and drives around in their little minivans, or the view is that the suburbs are extremely perverse in a humorous way.” ThinkingWayLittlesTwoStatesViewsHumorousTediousSuburbsPrevailingMinivans Author:Megan Abbott
“I wrote my graduate thesis at New York University on hard-boiled fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, so, for about two years, I read nothing but Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain and Chester Himes. I developed such a love for this kind of writing.” WritingYearsKindTwoHardFictionNew YorkUniversityTwo YearsGraduates1930sThesisCain Author:Megan Abbott
“Running on different types of racetracks is challenging - not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race.” DifferentRunningChallengesRaceTeamCarTypeMembersDriversAdjustmentTeam Member Author:Michael Andretti
“If CART continues on, it's just going to drag all of open-wheel racing down.” IfsWheelsRacingDragCarts Author:Michael Andretti
“Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our work, and many times are not even credited.” WritingEnjoyCreativeRightsDirectorsBenefitsDirectFinancialVideoOngoing Author:Michael Apted
“When I was in the Army, the unit I served in, you could never stop. It was a volunteer unit, and there was a fairly high rate of attrition. The people who stayed through are the people who were either great at it or the people who just didn't know how to stop. And I fell into that second category.” PeopleKnowsKnow HowArmyRateCategoriesUnitsVolunteerAttrition Author:Michael Arad
“As architects we are often involved in the concrete-steel-and-glass aspect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in imagining the future of cities and the type of relationships and the types of places that we're making is something that intrigues me very much.” SocialCitiesTypeInvolvedAspectStructureGlassesArchitectConcreteSteelIntrigueSocial StructureImagining The Future Author:Michael Arad
“I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave.” PeopleBelieveSometimesI BelieveDecent Author:Michael Arad
“I love New York, but I'd felt like an outsider here.” FeltNew YorkOutsidersI Love New York Author:Michael Arad