“My films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow. We don't pay attention to it when it happens.” RealityHappensFilmPayAttentionGoneTomorrowMy FriendsPay AttentionReality Of LifeDaily LifeCelebration Author:Jonas Mekas
“Art saved my life in two ways. It made me feel special, because I could do things my friends couldn't, but it also gave me a way to demonstrate to my teacher that, despite the fact that I couldn't write a paper or do math, I was paying attention.” WayFeelsWritingArtMadeTwoFactsAttentionTeacherSpecialPaperMy FriendsMathSavedDespitePay AttentionTwo Ways Author:Chuck Close
“My friends and I sometimes laugh at each other that there is so much maintenance of a body. I paid no attention when I was younger.” SometimesBodyAttentionLaughingMy FriendsPaidMaintenance Author:Lynne Tillman
“My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention, so we exchanged books and bounced off one another.” BookReadingAttentionMy FriendsLatinEasternLatin AmericaAmerican WriterLatin American Author:Sandra Cisneros
“One of the things I used to dream of is that if I could just be funny like Red Skelton, if I could be a comedian like Red Skelton - that's what I watched on TV - then maybe I would have friends. I just remember that if I told stories to my friends, they listened. And in my family, with nine people talking at the same time, it's really hard to get people to listen to you. We were all craving attention.” PeopleIfsHardStoriesDreamRememberUsedAttentionTalkingTvsMy FriendsRedMy FamilyNineComedianIf I CouldCravingPeople Talking Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.” FactsSchoolRememberGirlAttentionBoysSpecialSubjectsHigh SchoolMy FriendsDressesSizeOccasionsRemember WhenBotheredWardrobeSpecial Occasion Author:Marilyn Monroe
“All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.” HardHomeAttentionMy FriendsScaryPlanesCriedAway From HomeWorking All The Time Author:Kate Moss
“I was always making my friends laugh but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.” WholeWantedAttentionLaughingMy FriendsClassroom Author:Steven Wright