“To read a novel requires a certain kind of concentration, focus, devotion to the reading. If you read a novel in more than two weeks, you don't read the novel really.” IfsKindTwoCertainReadingNovelFocusWeekDevotionConcentrationTwo Weeks Author:Philip Roth
“With the words, a lot of things start with questions. Some word kind of piques my interest, and I love the way it sounds, but I really don't know what it means. And I honestly don't care for a while.” KnowsWayKindMeanCareSoundInterestDon't CareHonestlyPique Author:Andrew Bird
“When I start asking my friends, "What do you think this means?" And it leads to way more interesting conversations than what it actually ends up meaning in the dictionary. Like "apocryphal," for instance.” ThinkingWayMeanEndsInterestingConversationMy FriendsAskingInstanceDictionaryInteresting Conversation Author:Andrew Bird
“The book can't compete with the screen. It couldn't compete beginning with the movie screen. It couldn't compete with the television screen and it can't compete with the computer screen I don't think. And now we have all those screens so against all those screens I think the book can't measure up.” ThinkingBookTelevisionComputerScreensComputer Screen Author:Philip Roth
“I didn't have the patience for the research, or anything like that. I just like how it sets the imagination off. It's just an area that's very fertile for great words. Great metaphors, potentially.” ImaginationResearchAreasMetaphorFertile Author:Andrew Bird
“Each book starts from ashes really. I don't feel that I have this to say or that to say or this story to tell or that story to tell, but I want to be occupied with the writing process while I'm living.” WantFeelsWritingBookStoriesProcessAshesWriting Process Author:Philip Roth
“Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.” BelieveRealLyingWealthOur LivesExpressionMeaningfulReal Wealth Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“What you see at the Field Museum is only like, 10 percent of the collection. It's birds of paradise and passenger pigeons and in all these drawers that pull out, these specimens come out and it's spectacular. And it worked out.” FieldsBirdPercentParadiseCollectionsMuseumsSpectacularPassengersDrawersPigeons Author:Andrew Bird
“I'm an Obama supporter. And if you're an Obama supporter that means you had a hard time during the Bush years.” IfsYearsMeanHardHard TimesSupporterObama Supporters Author:Philip Roth