“I'm afraid of coaching, of writer's classes, of writer's magazines, of books on how to write. They give me centipede trouble - you know the yarn about the centipede who was asked how he managed all his feet? He tried to answer, stopped to think about it, and was never able to walk another step.” ThinkingKnowsGivingWritingBookAbleLanguageAnswersWalksStepsClassTroubleFeetGive MeMagazinesCoachingYarnCentipedes Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune.” GivingPastFameGive MeFortuneInvestmentVideoMagazinesBankersMy PastPosters Author:Alanis Morissette
“Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified. It is attitude. It is all the things that your parents told you not to do. It's the freedom to express yourself. It's being alive. It expresses the times. It's a magazine, a newspaper that tells the truth. If you listen to rap today, it's all about the truth. And that's what we all want. Just give me a little truth.” IfsWantGivingLittlesTodayParentAttitudeAliveRocksGive MeRapSexualityNewspapersMagazinesTelling The TruthRock N RollExpress Yourself Author:Steven Tyler
“A lot of times people would offer me movies and, because I'm a car freak, I'd look in a magazine and say, 'How much is this car? If you give me this car I'll show up and do the movie' I call 'em 'sports car flicks'.” PeopleIfsGivingLooksShowsSportsCarOffersGive MeMagazinesEmsFreakSports Cars Author:Ice T
“There hadn't been one done since the late 70s. I was living in Brooklyn, had no connection to Roger Corman, to no one in this movie. I didn't go to film school. I'm like the person who should have never made this film. But I just decided to put one foot in front of the other. I was writing film articles for magazines at the time. I convinced an editor from one of the magazines that I was working for to give me a shot to do a piece on Roger. This was an excuse to go meet him.” GivingShouldWritingPersonsMadeDoneSchoolFilmPiecesFeetFrontsLateShotsConnectionsDecidedShould HaveGive MeExcuseConvincedMagazinesEditorsArticlesBrooklynRogerFilm School Author:Alex Stapleton
“I already read everything. I read poems and plays and novels and newspapers and comic books and magazines. I read tins in supermarkets and leaflets that come through the door, unsolicited mail. None of it lasts long and it doesn't give me answers. Reading too fast is not soothing.” GivingLongBookPlayLastsReadingAnswersNovelDoorsGive MeNewspapersMagazinesComicMailComic BookSoothingSupermarketsTin Book:The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel Source: The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel
“Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day.” MenGivingWhiteBoysHonestCollegeGive MeShoesMagazinesEditsCampusWhite Shoes Book:franny and zooey Source: franny and zooey