“I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy moments, not-so-happy moments, and moments as marvelous as this one, I've had the privilege of working with the cinema's greatest masters.” LongMomentsCultureThreeMastersLuckyPrivilegeCinemaDiverseContinentsMarvelousLong LifeHappy MomentsDiverse Cultures Author:Dino De Laurentiis
“If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.” IfsWritingBookMightRomanceCultureNamesForgetLuckyPaperPopsListsIgnorantSpellsTopicsLitFascinationPop CultureChicksNew Yorkers Author:Jennifer Weiner
“I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayNeedsChildrenCountryEnoughOrderCultureNationsLuckyAppreciatePassionateOne WayFormalTravelerFormal Education Author:David Rockefeller
“I was lucky enough to have had great success early on in life; to have had all the things the material world can offer. And yet, I realized that what I had actually neglected was the more spiritual side of myself, which has always been there. But it's easy for us in our culture to become consumed in a sense by materialism. Now materialism is fine. We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.” WorldEnoughBeautifulSpiritualCultureEasySidesOur LivesMaterialsFineOffersLuckyI RealizedMaterialismBeautiful ThingsConsumedNeglectedGreat SuccessMaterial World Author:Tom Ford
“With prodigious bravery and eviscerating humor, Roxane Gay takes on culture and politics in Bad Feminist-and gets it right, time and time again. We should all be lucky enough to be such a bad feminist.” ShouldEnoughCultureGayLuckyBraveryFeministRight TimeProdigious Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Sometimes I think that I stay young and in touch with contemporary culture because of my children's interests. I'm so lucky to be surrounded by their talent and vibrancy.” ThinkingChildrenSometimesYoungCultureInterestTalentLuckyContemporaryMy ChildrenSo LuckyVibrancy Author:Polixeni Papapetrou
“We all exist in similar systems that mirror and reproduce the same American culture for the most part. What Oscar Wilde said about the lucky author who has a non-literary day job no longer holds, if it ever did. Artists seek validation as much as they seek money. The creation and invention of culture and canon is where most of the trouble lies.” IfsSaidJobsLyingArtistCultureTroubleCreationLuckyMirrorsInventionOscarsAmerican CultureValidationCanonDay JobsWilde Author:Fady Joudah
“We're lucky to be in the middle of a TV renaissance. It's the healthiest storytelling medium in our culture.” CultureMiddleTvsLuckyStorytellingMediumsRenaissance Author:Nick Antosca
“Many white-collar workers are lucky enough to have creative-class jobs that are satisfying, which is great as long as you're still able to carve out true, work-free leisure at some point. But there's been a kind of sneaky reframing of work as play as the Silicon Valley model has been imported into other fields. Now you see adult offices that look like nursery schools, and staff paintball parties, work cultures that encourage the "We're a family here!" fantasy while preventing workers from going home at a reasonable hour to be with their actual families.” KindLongEnoughHomeSchoolCultureHoursPartyFantasyLuckyOfficeNurseryGoing HomeSneaky Author:Katrina Onstad