“I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made music a lot less boring in any category you can name.” ThinkingMadeImportantWholeNamesConceptsIndependentImportant ThingsBoringStayingCategoriesPunk Author:Jello Biafra
“I try to write things that can't be made into movies. My novels have thwarted many attempts to film them and I think that was true of the essay, too. If you'd actually tried to be true to the essay, it would have been, perhaps, boring. So taking that narrow little cast of characters and expanding it out, that was what was exciting about the project for me.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingLittlesHas BeensMadeCharacterFilmNovelProjectsExcitingCastsBoringBeing TrueEssaysExpanding Author:Jonathan Franzen
“A plain sock by itself is terribly boring, but it could score points by having a clever stitch pattern, or maybe by being made out of a very beautiful yarn that's an enchantment to work with. (Sadly, it is still infuriatingly true that being beautiful without being clever is almost worth more points than being clever without being beautiful, but such are the rules of life and knitting-they are cruel, but there anyway).” MadeStillsBeautifulPatternsBoringCleverScoreSockVery BeautifulEnchantmentKnittingBeing BeautifulStitchesRules Of LifeYarn Book:All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin Source: All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin