“I thought it might be fun to set my books in Nevada, which is in the West and still pretty Wild. You can still gamble, carry a loaded pistol and go into a silver-mine and they still have saloons with swinging doors, boardwalks, and horses.” StillsBookMightFunDoorsMinesHorseWestSilverGambleLoadedPistolsNevadaSaloonsBoardwalks Author:Caroline Lawrence
“When I moved to New York, I had nothing. And a friend of mine also had nothing. And he said, 'Hey, come with me to the Marriot Marquis. And if you go to the 30th floor, and you wait by this door, and you sneak in, you can get free food.' And I did that for three years. I was prepared if anyone said, 'Can we see your room key?' to be like, 'Do you know who I am? I'm Bob Marriot's nephew.' Um, so great, I'm glad to be here and have free food again. And I didn't have to sneak in!” IfsKnowsYearsSaidThreeWaitingRoomsDoorsNew YorkMinesKeysMovedPreparedGladWho I AmHeyDo You KnowThree YearsBobSneakNephewYour RoomSneak InFree Food Author:Santino Fontana
“Singing has opened so many doors for me. And that's definitely a true passion of mine. It's a natural, God-given gift.” PassionGivenNaturalDoorsMinesSingingTrue Passion Author:V. Bozeman
“I was driving in Manhattan. There's traffic, nobody's moving... The guy behind me is honking just at me. He kept yelling at me. I decided that I'm gonna argue with this guy, but I'm gonna argue about something else. I'm not having his argument; I'm having mine. So, he's like, 'Go!' And I go, 'Well give me back my jacket!' And he stopped. I was like, 'Yeah, you got my jacket! Give it back! I said you could borrow it, not have it! You're stretching it out, you fat pig! Give it back, now!' He got back in his car, and he locked his doors.” GivingWellsSaidMovingGuyBehindsDoorsCarMinesArgumentDecidedGive MeYeahArguingDrivingFatsLockedPigsTrafficThis GuyJacketsManhattanStretchingYellingHonking Author:Louis C. K.
“I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we go, let's deal with this" because we're not dealing with it. I'm waiting for somebody to write another book but it hasn't happened yet, though I guess mine's only been out for a year and a half.” PeopleNeedsFeelsWritingYearsBookWaitingDealsHalfHappenedDoorsMinesDealing With It Author:Brad Warner
“As a fiction writer, that's been a preoccupation of mine: Can you really just close the door and leave the past back there behind you, or is the door going to blow open at some point?” PastBehindsFictionDoorsMinesBlowBehind YouPreoccupationFiction WritersLeaving The Past Author:Dani Shapiro