“I feel like I am a lot of who I am because I watched these shows that said it was okay to be a total weirdo. Shows like 'Pete and Pete,' 'Hey, Dude,' 'Salute Your Shorts' - that's what I grew up with.” FeelsSaidShowsGrewGrew UpOkayWho I AmHeyShortsSaluteWeirdo Author:Mae Whitman
“When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, "I am a male actor, and its okay for me to play a gay man."” MenWorldSaidDoneEnoughPlayActorsGayOkayMalesSecureManhoodGay MenSaid And Done Author:Omari Hardwick
“Barack Obama said he may negotiate with the Taliban. A lot of people are saying okay, but be careful. But I said this guy has experience negotiating with the enemy. For gosh sake, he lives with his mother-in-law, you know.” PeopleKnowsMaySaidLawMotherGuyEnemyOkaySakeCarefulBarackBe CarefulThis GuyIn-lawsTalibanNegotiatingMother In Law Author:David Letterman
“Empty the cup every time and it comes back at twice as full. I developed that attitude when I was very, very young, when I decided I didn't want to be a gangster anymore. Whether it's just shining shoes, I said okay, I'm going to do this better than anybody else did it in my life.” WantSaidYoungAttitudeEmptyDecidedOkayShiningShoesCupsGangsters Author:Quincy Jones
“You know, what's popular? Okay, vampires are very popular. Let me make my vampire movie. I'm not saying you can't make a vampire movie. But if you're going to do one do something crazy. I mean don't just get a bunch of, like I said, models and make them into vampires so you'll get an audience. You know maybe get some ugly vampires for a change.” IfsKnowsMeanSaidAudienceCrazyModelsOkayLet MeUglyBunchVampireVery PopularVampire Movie Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Shirley Jackson said that a confused reader is an antagonistic reader, and I live by that. It's okay to start anywhere, and to let yourself write a big sloppy overly-detailed first draft. You just jump in, knowing that the water will be cold at first, but no one is making you swim.” WritingFirstsSaidBigsWaterKnowingColdReaderOkayConfusedLive BySwimSloppy Author:Anne Lamott
“We set up one rule in our house, which is, 'Guests of guests cannot bring guests.' That rule was required because that happened one weekend, and we finally said, 'Okay, you know what? That's a little too much.'” KnowsLittlesSaidHouseToo MuchHappenedOkayWeekendGuests Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I entered high school she[ my mother] said, "Well, you're a teenager now, and comics are for kids, so you shouldn't read them anymore," and I went, "Oh, okay," and I gave away what, of course, would now be thousands of dollars worth of comics to the neighborhood kids.” WellsSaidKidsSchoolMotherCoursesHigh SchoolOkayDollarsTeenagerNeighborhood Author:Trina Robbins
“When I first met with agents, they said, "Okay, you're going to play plumbers and mechanics and bus drivers and farmers. Go."” FirstsSaidPlayMetsOkayAgentsDriversBusFarmersThey SaidMechanicPlumberBus Driver Author:Nick Offerman