“I read books I hate all the time, and I don't mention them or talk about them.” Quote by Ann Patchett
“This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We're all responsible for this.” WellsJobsIndustryResponsibleWell BeingPublishingLivelihoodPublishing Industry Author:Ann Patchett
“If what we want to do is promote reading and writing and publishing and making sure this is a business that keeps going - because it is a business! It's not just an art - then we have to take responsibility. I get sort of crazy and frothy when I think about this. It really matters.” IfsThinkingWantWritingArtMatterReadingResponsibilityCrazyKeep GoingPublishingTaking ResponsibilityReading And Writing Author:Ann Patchett
“That's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to somebody, "I'm glad you're reading this book" or "I'm glad you're getting this book" or "Don't get that book. I read that book and hated that book. Let's get you this book instead."” I CanBookReadingWalksStoresGladHatedAdoreBookstores Author:Ann Patchett
“I'm trying to just drop so much music that people cannot ignore it.” PeopleTrying Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“My mom was always making me clothes. We'd go to the fabric store, pick out patterns, and it was a creative process. I heard that word a lot growing up: creative.” ProcessCreativeGrowing UpGrowingHeardMomClothesPicksPatternsMy MomStoresCreative ProcessFabric Author:Gwen Stefani
“I didn't know anything about fashion, growing up in Orange County. I just knew about it through music, how ska bands dressed.” KnowsGrowing UpGrowingFashionBandOrangeCountyOrange County Author:Gwen Stefani
“People will tell me, "You're such a punk rebel," this or that, but I was not that growing up. I was actually a super-sheltered, conservative girl. Now, there was probably a bit of me that was like, "Why do I have to be like that?"” PeopleGirlBitsGrowing UpGrowingConservativeRebelPunk Author:Gwen Stefani
“When you discover your sexuality - like when you're little, you don't notice it. Then suddenly you're walking down the street and you're whistled at. And you're like, Oh, I have this power I didn't know about. And you also discover you're kind of prey. And you're like, Wait, that's confusing.” KnowsKindLittlesWaitingStreetsWalkingSexualityOver YouConfusingPrey Author:Gwen Stefani
“We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them.” HardGivenTragedyHard TimesThrough Hard Times Author:Gwen Stefani