“We really had the whole piece laid out in like a Word file, just from beginning to end. It was kind of more like your creative-writing class in school. You know, you have the outline and then you just kind of plug the stuff in the little map you've made.” KnowsWritingKindLittlesMadeEndsWholeSchoolStuffClassCreativePiecesLike YouMapsCreative WritingFilesOutlinesPlugsClasses In School Author:Crowder
“In your 20s, you feel like you're indestructible...In your 30s, you think...I'll be around here a little longer, so I'm going to take better care of myself.” ThinkingFeelsLittlesCareLike YouIndestructible Author:John Belushi
“In the early '90s, it felt like there was space - there was like an empty feel. There was nobody really doing this. Maybe the Pixies were, a little bit. Their lyrics were also disjointed, more psychosexual or something. That's part of youth, too, maybe, that you just feel like you're doing something different.” FeelsLittlesDifferentFeltBitsSpaceYouthLike YouLittle BitEmptyPixies Author:Stephen Malkmus
“Sometimes it seems like America is the Christian and Israel is the little Jew they love in this fetishistic way. Like, you're my little sister and I'll kick anyone's ass that messes with you. But when we're alone and no one's looking I'll harass you.” WayLittlesSometimesSeemsChristianAmericaLike YouJewIsraelAssMessKicksLittle Sister Author:Jill Soloway
“Sometimes people come up and they get infatuated with some little brief imagistic poem or something, and they say, "Oh, I really like your Zen poems." And I say, "Which ones are not Zen poems?"” PeopleLittlesSometimesLike YouCome UpInfatuatedReally Like You Author:Sam Hamill
“I could only shoot when the subway was on the other platform. Little things like that, and the platform is very narrow. It's not like you can hide if a subway comes so a lot of things happened because of that. Or a thousand people just came and looked straight into the lens like they didn't expect a movie to be shooting.” PeopleIfsLittlesHappenedLike YouThousandThings HappenShootingLittle ThingsPlatformsLensesSubway Author:Jaume Collet-Serra
“And religious music and the sort of symbolism of it and everything. But I had this idea. Actually, I sort of dreamt it. I woke up - just before waking up one morning, I sort of dreamt this song or the idea of it and the first little bit of it. And I jumped out of bed and I thought, well, you're still asleep. You're going to forget this in a minute - you know, like you do when you've had a dream.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesStillsIdeasDreamSongBitsReligiousForgetMorningMinutesLike YouBedLittle BitWake UpWakingSymbolismReligious Music Author:Nick Lowe
“All of a sudden I was Joan [Mad Man] and they're going, "Oh, so she plays a badass in this." And I'm like, "Oh my god, I get to play badasses." Firefly was a little bit of that, but she started out as a mouse and then she turned into a dragon. But I never really had that opportunity. So all of a sudden people were like, "Oh, do you feel like you're being typecast?" I would say, "No, this is just opening the doors." No one thought I could do it and someone finally trusted me to do it.” PeopleMenFeelsLittlesPlayOpportunityBitsDoorsLike YouLittle BitMadOpeningDragonsTrustedMiceBadassFireflyMad Men Author:Christina Hendricks
“I started publishing stories in small magazines early on, but after seven or eight or nine years you feel like you need a little more than that to show for your efforts.” NeedsFeelsYearsLittlesStoriesShowsEffortLike YouSevenEightNineMagazinesPublishingNine Years Author:Ben Fountain
“Hearing that [David] Bowie passed was like you don't really believe it. It's as if the sky shifted a little bit, to remind you it was there.” IfsBelieveLittlesBitsSkyLike YouLittle BitHearingBowie Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“We think is happening in the brain, the way I like to think about it is, it's almost like, you're brain is going through all these stages of sleep and it's developing in children so fast that it's almost like you're shifting gears in a car. And at some point, you actually stall out a little bit, and that's kind of what happens during a night terror.” ThinkingWayKindChildrenLittlesHappensNightBitsSleepBrainStageCarLike YouLittle BitHappeningsTerrorDevelopingShiftingGearsNight Terrors Author:Shelby Harris
“When someone new comes on and has their first nude scene - and even if it's not full nudity - it's always a weird, awkward setup. We have these famous merkins which are sort of toupees for your delicate areas to make it look like you're naked but cover you up a little bit. But we joke around a little bit with the newbies who are trying that stuff on for the first time.” IfsTryingFirstsLooksLittlesStuffBitsLike YouSceneLittle BitJokesFirst TimeAreasNakedOver YouDelicateAwkwardNuditySetups Author:Deborah Ann Woll
“It sucks that we miss people like that. You think you've accepted that someone is out of your life, that you've grieved and it's over, and then bam. One little thing, and you feel like you've lost that person all over again.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLittlesPersonsLostLossMissingLike YouAcceptedLittle Things Author:Rachel Hawkins
“I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That's not who I am. And I don't want to be monotone. It's important to be yourself, whatever the cost.” WantFeelsTryingLittlesImportantBitsLike YouCostLittle BitWho I AmBeing YourselfProtectedRobots Author:Serena Williams
“For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people, people of color, you know, the bad news happens to be news. They used to have these little stupid colloquialisms that pop up like, "You know what? No news is bad news!" They trick the masses into thinking that any news is great for you. And I just think that's a piece of crap.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayLittlesLongHappensUsedBlackPiecesMediaStupidColorLike YouPeriodsNewsMassHip HopPopsRapTricksHipsHopsCoveredBlack PeopleCrapBad NewsLong Periods Of TimeRap Music Author:Chuck D
“Before I was a vegetarian, I traveled to South Africa and hung out there for a little bit. And they had different animals - did you know different parts of the world have different animals? Because I didn't until I got there! This is what being an American is like. You're like, "Every place has these animals."” KnowsWorldLittlesDifferentBitsAnimalLike YouLittle BitSouthVegetarianSouth AfricaHungTraveledDid You KnowDifferent Animals Author:Cameron Esposito
“I have this little thing that people call Keegan-ese, where I don't speak English words at all. I just say stuff like, "You gotta toish the doish and you gotta maloish the hoish."” PeopleLittlesSpeakStuffLike YouLittle ThingsSpeak EnglishEnglish Words Author:Keegan-Michael Key
“You have to take those concepts and prove them, a little bit like you do a PhD thesis.” LittlesBitsLike YouProveLittle BitConceptsHardwareThesisPhds Author:Hosain Rahman
“Acting is fun. I enjoy it, but there is just not many opportunities to do it on a serious level. It is kind of either bad community musicals, or if you are lucky enough to be cast in something serious. I feel like you really have to be going after it, and for me I am a little bit distracted.” IfsFeelsKindLittlesEnoughOpportunityFunBitsEnjoyCommunityLevelsActingSeriousLike YouLuckyLittle BitCastsDistracted Author:Thomston
“I went through puberty really early, when I was 11. It makes you feel weird - you know, like your uncle is now hugging you a little bit longer than he used to. I think we all go through wanting to go back - you're not sure you're ready for that body.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsLittlesBodyUsedBitsReadyLike YouLittle BitNot SureHugUnclesPuberty Author:Jessica Alba
“I remember when I was maybe 27 years old and kind of at the height of my movie stardom - it was around the time of the Oscar and this and that. I think I was very much believing my own hype, which how could you not? I was sitting with my dad, feeling great about my life and everything that was happening, and he was like, "You know, you're getting a little weird...You're kind of an asshole." And I was like, "What the hell?" I was totally devastated. But it turned out to be basically the best thing that ever happened to me.” ThinkingKnowsYearsBelieveKindLittlesFeelingsRememberMy OwnHellHappenedLike YouDadHappeningsSittingMy DadBest ThingsHeightOscarsRemember WhenMovie StarHypeDevastatedStardomBest Thing That Ever Happened To MeFeeling Great Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“I have one funny story - because we knew we don't have fangs. But I remember I told Billy (Tangradi) "Dude, where's your fangs?", and he was flipping out because then he would have to run back to the hair and make-up trailer, they would be like "You don't have fangs." and then he'd run back and I'm like, "Dude, where's your fangs," It was great. A little easy.” LittlesStoriesWould BeRunningRememberEasyLike YouHairFangsTrailersFunny StoryFlipping Out Author:Kellan Lutz
“You're going to go through times when you don't do too well, or you may have some slumps or get outpitched. Just keep going up there and having your at-bats, keep having your same approach and keep trying to make little adjustments like you do during the season.” TryingWellsMayLittlesLike YouApproachSeasonsKeep GoingBatsAdjustmentKeep TryingRough TimesSlumps Author:Jason Heyward
“I worked on it [ Too Much Tuna] for a little bit downtown and it was a great experience. I couldn't believe how enthusiastic the audience was for it. It was just extraordinary. It felt like you were at a rock concert, which was just unusual for shows at Cherry Lane, which are usually intimate plays about big ideas, you know.” KnowsBelieveLittlesIdeasPlayShowsBigsFeltBitsAudienceToo MuchRocksLike YouLittle BitExtraordinaryIntimateConcertsUnusualEnthusiasticLanesCherriesDowntownGreat ExperiencesBig IdeasTunaRock Concerts Author:Alex Timbers
“At the school where I went you were able to check out instruments like you check out a library book, if your parents signed for you and vouched for you. Then after you had it for a little while you could decide if you were interested in taking lessons or you could also get your own gear. Or you could turn that instrument in for another one and try something else. So that's how I got my hands on the guitar.” IfsTryingLittlesBookHandsAbleSchoolTurnsParentLike YouLessonsInstrumentsGuitarLibraryChecksGearsLibrary Books Author:Joe Louis Walker
“One thing that really attracted me to punk was the DIY aspect. And the fact that, since I was a nerd, I was like 'you mean nerds can belong to this little society? So all of these things went into my attraction to it.” MeanLittlesFactsOne ThingLike YouAspectAttractionPunkNerdDiy Author:Milo Aukerman
“I'm practically an actor. Even when you do an interview, it's like you're performing a little bit, so yeah, I'm enjoying it, it's fun.” LittlesActorsFunBitsEnjoyLike YouLittle BitYeahPerformingInterviews Author:Stan Lee
“We've decided [with Jordan Peele] that we need to be on the Internet for a little bit of time every day to figure out what's going on. It feels like we're working. It feels like you're all typing and you're searching.” NeedsFeelsLittlesBitsFiguresLike YouInternetLittle BitDecidedWorking ItJordanTyping Author:Keegan-Michael Key
“The reason [drummers] call things "unison", and they sound unison, is because you actually play two different tempos . . . like you're a little sharp, or a little flat; it's so slight that they call it "unison", but it's not unison.” LittlesTwoDifferentReasonPlaySoundLike YouFlatsDrummerTempoUnison Author:Miles Davis
“Basically what Salomé did with Rilke as a mentor was direct him toward the Russian Orthodox Church, so he could project his love of the divine feminine onto the Virgin Mary. She wanted him to stop the cycle of being disappointed by the ultimate humanity of women. She was like, "You don't want me, you want the Virgin Mary." It's kind of a mystical concept! She also changed Freud's opinion, a little bit too late, about the female psyche, which he had so wrong. If it had been better publicized, it would have changed Western society's perception of the female psyche, too.” IfsWantKindLittlesWantedHumanityBitsChurchOpinionChangedDivineLike YouProjectsLatePerceptionLittle BitConceptsFemaleDirectUltimateWesternToo LateCyclesOrthodoxFeminineDisappointedWant MeMaryMentorMysticalVirginsHis LoveVirgin MaryDivine FeminineWestern SocietyBeing DisappointedOrthodox Church Author:Laura Marling
“It's really a trade-off: you're always having to decide whether you're going to say the more ambitious thing, and lose a little clarity - or are you going to say something really clearly, and sacrifice a little nuance? Get too obscure, and you sound like a pretentious asshole; go overboard with the clarity, and you sound like you're talking down to your audience, or like you yourself are a reductive simpleton.” LittlesSoundLosesTalkingAudienceSacrificeLike YouTradeClarityAmbitiousObscurePretentiousNuanceOverboardTrade OffsSimpletonsTalking Down Author:Elif Batuman
“In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's like, you borrow $100,000 from a record label, so you don't make any money until you make back that money for them. In theory, they have you held hostage, so you've got to do every little stupid thing that they want you to do.” WantLittlesRecordsStupidTheoryLike YouIndustryLabelsBorrowingHostageStupid ThingsRecord Labels Author:Patrick Carney
“Ordinary people like you and me can achieve very little on their own. We need to build support. Even if you are a thought leader and have some good ideas on how to make the world better, and even if you write five or ten books - that won't have much effect unless you have people who are willing to support your ideas.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsWritingLittlesBookIdeasLeaderSupportFiveAchieveEffectsWillingLike YouTenOrdinaryGood IdeasOrdinary People Author:Thomas Pogge
“The most important part of a city is its people. In fact, people for me are like little cities. When you meet someone, it's like you've found a new city to explore. You take a tram, visit the museums and operas and cafes.” PeopleLittlesImportantFactsFoundCitiesLike YouMuseumsOperaCafesTrams Author:Sarnath Banerjee
“I think it's more difficult writing what it's like to be a child. You can pretend you know what it's like, but you don't really know. The only parts I can remember is that the adults were like, "Aren't they cute?" But when you're little you're looking at the other kids like they're your colleagues. They're not like, "Oh, we're all cute little kids." They're more like your office acquaintances. It's very hard to grasp the memories of what it actually was like to be a kid.” ThinkingKnowsWritingChildrenLittlesI CanHardKidsRememberDifficultMemoriesLike YouOfficeAdultsCuteColleaguesLittle KidAcquaintance Author:Tama Janowitz