“Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.” Quote by Frank Herbert
“As for the multiple editions, in the case of a truly great writer - Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Proust, someone with a canon - there is often a "variorum" edition of the work that presents its variants. I think publishing most other writing that way would be impossible, economically, for publishers, and very ill-advised for authors.” ThinkingWayWritingWould BeCasesImpossibleIllPublishingMultiplePublishersGreat WritersEmilyCanonProust Author:Judith Thurman
“I like old school horror movies like Exorcist. I always loved scaring myself and I don't know at all what that's about.” KnowsSchoolHorrorOld SchoolExorcist Author:Jamie Campbell Bower
“Conservatives like Palin and Reagan and others do seem to love the series, but so do people of all political stripes and backgrounds. I speak about the series' "radiant simplicity."” PeopleSeemsPoliticalSpeakSeriesSimplicityBackgroundsRadiantPalinStripes Author:Judith Thurman
“I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot of energy into that.” EnergySingingGuitarFolks Author:Jamie Campbell Bower
“If you are forced to describe things for someone else, it sharpens your senses. And also your sense of how hard it is to make the translation from the vibrant, multi-faceted world to a sentence that distils it.” IfsWorldHardSentencesSensesTranslations Author:Judith Thurman
“How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.” MenSelfAngerAngryRageDenialInner SelfSelf-denialAngry Man Book:DUNE Source: DUNE
“The cool thing about doing films and being different characters is that it's new everyday and new every project. So, you're always learning something different and you get to do research.” DifferentCharacterFilmProjectsResearchEverydayBeing DifferentDifferent CharactersCool ThingsAlways Learning Author:Julianne Hough
“My family brought me up to be very assimilated and accepting of everyone. But I do get frustrated when I see other Asians who behave in a way that reflects a stereotype.” WayAcceptingMy FamilyBehaveFrustratedStereotype Author:Pearl Tan
“My friends often say I'm the most racist person they know against Asians. And it's sort of like, "If I make the joke first, then I have the power and I'm holding the cards and you're not going to put me down for that."” IfsKnowsFirstsPersonsJokesMy FriendsCardsRacist Author:Pearl Tan
“Sometimes I feel embarrassed because I'll tell the kids if someone is driving really slow or cutting in, I'll say "Bloody Asian drivers." But I feel justified in saying it because I'm Asian.” IfsFeelsSometimesKidsCuttingDrivingDriversBloodyEmbarrassedJustifiedAsian Author:Pearl Tan