“We knew the time would come that we'd have to step down because we'd been winning Oscars for 15 years. I discovered this one day when I got home, my mother was reading a newspaper and she said, 'Again? What are you doing in the papers?' And I realized if my mother thought that of me, what would my enemies think?” IfsThinkingYearsSaidHomeMotherReadingWinningStepsEnemyOne DayPaperI RealizedNewspapersOscarsPapers Author:Ferran Adria
“[On women getting the vote:] The newspapers, poor dears, looked of course for something very spectacular. But then newspapers are always apt to be more interested in phenomena like meteors than in the slow growth of a mighty tree. Wait ten years, and the politicians will one day wake up and say, 'Look who's here!” YearsLooksCoursesWaitingGrowthPoorTreePoliticianOne DayTenVoteWake UpNewspapersSpectacularSuffrageMeteorsSlow Growth Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“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
“My agent pointed out one day that I had been quoted by a columnist in some American newspaper, and he noted with some glee that they simply identified me by name without reminding people who I was, apparently in the clear expectation that their readers would know who I am.” PeopleKnowsNamesClearReaderOne DayExpectationsNewspapersWho I AmAgentsRemindingGleeColumnists Author:Terry Pratchett
“Ever noticed that no matter what happens in one day, it exactly fits in the newspaper?” MatterHappensFitOne DayNo Matter WhatNewspapers Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old detective sergeant came and whispered to me in the press pit. He pointed out a young offender, a teenager who was up for stealing a car or something relatively minor, and said, 'See this kid? He'll kill.'” SaidKidsYoungCitiesCarOne DayPressesNewspapersStealingTeenagerMinorsReportersPitsDetectivesOffendersCubsSergeantsLimerickCourthouses Author:Kevin Barry