“When I started to take literature and poetry classes, I just started to get inspired by these new incredible works of art that I had never seen or heard of before. I wrote a lot of bad high-school poetry, just like pretty much everyone did, I think, at some point. For me, the inspiration never really stopped.” ThinkingArtInspirationSchoolLiteratureClassHeardHigh SchoolInspiredIncrediblesWorks Of Art Author:M. Ward
“We aren't using Guantanamo Bay anymore to take additional terrorists. That was the perfect facility to be able to use to extract information from people to keep the American people safe.” PeopleUseAblePerfectInformationSafeTerroristFacilityGuantanamoGuantanamo Bay Author:Michele Bachmann
“I got into one Metallica record. That was about it. I never got into AC/DC or Black Sabbath or any of that. I was interested in the side of heavy metal that had interesting guitar ideas, but that was a very short-lived thing.” IdeasSidesBlackInterestingRecordsGuitarHeavyMetalsSabbathHeavy MetalShort LivedMetallicaBlack Sabbath Author:M. Ward
“I went every Sunday to church when I was growing up, and I think that music had an affect on me before my memory can recall.” ThinkingChurchMemoriesGrowing UpGrowingSundayRecalls Author:M. Ward
“The issue is that my book, and so many others, are not available for pre-order from Amazon. I hadn't realized how much that mattered for new authors. And how much Amazon is hurting us.” BookOrderHurtIssuesAvailableAmazon Author:Edan Lepucki
“I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb or something. A lot of those old gospel songs still give me that feeling, that it's older than time and there's actually music that can tap into a universal subconscious, or whatever word you want to put on it.” WantGivingYearsStillsFeelingsRememberSongFeltHeardUniversalGive MeFamiliarSubconsciousRemember WhenWombGospel MusicGospel Songs Author:M. Ward
“The way that I'm working now is basically the way I've been working since I was a kid: Find the greatest artist in whatever you do, and rip them off with respect. I think there's a big difference between ripping off with respect and ripping off in disrespect.” ThinkingWayBigsKidsArtistDifferencesRipDisrespectWorking Now Author:M. Ward
“Even though someone has died, a piece of their spirit can still be alive. That's an exciting world for me to take music into, or to attempt to do that.” WorldStillsSpiritPiecesAliveExcitingDied Author:M. Ward
“I am glad it's [California novel] resonated with people because, for me, most apocalyptic novels aren't scary, because they feel so very far off.” PeopleFeelsNovelScaryGladCaliforniaApocalyptic Author:Edan Lepucki
“It's a bit scary to see my book come true: the recent (if minor) LA earthquakes, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston bomber, and so on - much of it stoppable, I think, and yet I, too, am also guilty of passivity.” IfsThinkingBookBitsScaryGuiltyMinorsBostonHurricanesEarthquakesPassivityBombersSandyHurricane Sandy Author:Edan Lepucki
