“I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.” PeopleWellsMadeReadingLiteratureEffortFictionSeriousOne DayDecidedScience FictionMagazines Author:Fred Saberhagen
“One of the clues that I chased was that Dan Cooper, whoever he was, found an old magazine story called "How to Leave Your Life." And followed the directions on how to leave your life, and just went to the beach one day with his wife and kids, and said he needed to go to the bathroom, and went to the restroom at the beach and never came home.” SaidStoriesHomeKidsFoundWifeNeededOne DayMagazinesBeachClueBathroomRestroom Author:Geoffrey Gray
“I've heard that Black people and Black faces don't sell magazines, but one day you're going to beg me to be on there.” PeopleFacesBlackHeardOne DaySellsMagazinesBlack PeopleBlack Face Author:Michael Jackson
“One day, I went to a soba restaurant outside town, and while I was waiting for the zarusoba I opened an old graph magazine. There was a picture of an exhausted, lonely kneeling woman who wore a checked patterned yukata after the tradegy of a large earthquake. With the intensity of my chest ready to burn up, I fell in love with that poor woman. I also felt a horrifying desire for her. Maybe tragedy and desire are back to back to one another.” DesireFeltWaitingPoorReadyOne DayLonelyTragedyTownsMagazinesRestaurantsChestsIntensityExhaustedEarthquakesKneelingGraphs Author:Osamu Dazai
“I came out of school one day, and there was this pulp magazine. It was a rainy day, and it was floating toward the sewer in the gutter. So I pick up this pulp magazine, and it's Wonder Stories, and it's got a rocket-ship on the cover, and I'd never seen a rocket-ship.” StoriesSchoolWonderOne DayPicksShipsMagazinesFloatingRocketsRainyRainy DayGuttersPulpSewers Author:Jack Kirby
“Whoever writes a bad review, I put their name on a list, and they're going to get taken care of one day down the road. Otherwise, I don't let it bother me. The truth is, these are review-proof movies. The audiences are going to see it. My audience, our audience, isn't reading Esquire magazine to see if my movie is good or not. They just want to laugh, to be entertained, and lose themselves.” IfsWantWritingCareReadingNamesLosesAudienceLaughingTakenTruth IsOne DayProofListsMagazinesBotherReviewsDown The RoadBad Reviews Author:Brett Ratner
“I was first published in the newspaper put out by School of The Art Institute of Chicago, where I was a student. I wince to read that story nowadays, but I published it with an odd photo I'd found in a junk shop, and at least I still like the picture. I had a few things in the school paper, and then I got published in a small literary magazine. I hoped I would one day get published in The New Yorker, but I never allowed myself to actually believe it. Getting published is one of those things that feels just as good as you'd hoped it would.” FeelsFirstsBelieveArtStillsStoriesSchoolFoundStudentsOne DayPaperNewspapersMagazinesOddShopsChicagoJunkNew YorkersInstituteFeels JustWince Author:David Sedaris
“As I matured, I've always had the dream of one day either having my own clothing line or owning a fashion magazine. Most of my thesis' and projects in school were fashion and advertising based.” DreamSchoolLinesMy OwnFashionOne DayProjectsAdvertisingMagazinesClothingsThesisMaturedFashion MagazinesClothing Line Author:Ashley Purdy
“I have had the privilege of working with the best in the business, from photographers to designers to magazines. There's not much more to ask for but I'm still looking forward to one day working with photographers Mert and Marcus, Tim Walker and Nick Knight.” StillsAsksOne DayPhotographerPrivilegeMagazinesDesignerLooking ForwardKnightsWalkers Author:Chanel Iman
“I don't pay much attention to magazine covers. One day, there'll be slack times in my career. It's unavoidable, because success is temporary. Which is why you have to stay focused on this very taxing job.” JobsPayAttentionCareersOne DayFocusedMagazinesTemporaryStay FocusedMagazine Covers Author:Lea Seydoux
“Every time I give a straight answer and read it in a magazine, I say, 'Ouch.' One day I'd like to talk to a psychoanalyst about why celebrities reveal so much of themselves in interviews.” GivingAnswersOne DayMagazinesInterviewsOuch Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“One day I saw a picture of the Buddha on a Buddhist magazine and he was sitting on the grass, and he was sitting on the grass, very peaceful, smiling, and I was impressed. Around me people were not like that, so I had the desire to be someone like him. I nourished that kind of desire until the age of sixteen, when I had the permission from my parents to go and ordain as a Buddhist monk.” PeopleKindAgeDesireParentSawsOne DaySittingMagazinesPeacefulBuddhistGrassPermissionImpressedMonkSixteenBuddhist Monk Author:Nhat Hanh
“I married a man who was in fashion. I began to work when my daughter Nathalie was about eight or 10 years old. Then one day I began to make a sweater, and eventually the sweater was on the front page of Elle magazine. And the day after I was the queen of knit in America.” MenYearsAmericaFashionFrontsOne DayMarriedPagesDaughterEightMagazinesQueensMy DaughterSweaters Author:Sonia Rykiel