“The seriousness or otherwise of the subject matter is often irrelevent to the question of whether a book is any good. F Scott Fitzgerald wrote a great and beautiful novel which mainly involved shallow people going to parties in a rich guy's house. By contrast, all sorts of terrible books are published every month about men slaughtering people for no reason - a serious matter which, in itself, does not make the author worthy of serious consideration.” PeopleMenDoeBookMatterReasonBeautifulGuyHouseLanguagePartyNovelRichSubjectsSeriousMonthsInvolvedTerribleWorthyConsiderationNo ReasonContrastShallowSeriousnessSubject MatterScott Fitzgerald Author:Declan Lynch
“I guess the one-liner kind of comic sounds like a guy who can talk and talk and whatever the subject is, he can pull out a one-liner, but I couldn't do that. I didn't like the association. I mean, I love Steven Wright, but so many people started saying "Steven Wright" to me, and I would get mad, because I never wanted to be thought of as copying anybody.” PeopleKindMeanWantedGuySoundSubjectsMadComicAssociationOne LinerCopying Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma. This guy was evil, and this girl was very sweet. And in the end, we'd have to see eight endings because we'd also have to know what happened to the uncle. It's like, "Are you kidding me?!"” KnowsEndsAmericaFilmGuyGirlEvilInterestingHappenedSubjectsSweetSceneScriptsEightTendenciesThemeUnclesThis GuyVery InterestingDilemmaThis GirlVery Sweet Author:Mads Mikkelsen
“After nearly 6,000 years of evidence on the subject, one thing stands clear: the people who end up as leaders in any organization, large or small, are often the craziest guys around.” PeopleYearsEndsGuyLeaderClearOne ThingSubjectsEvidenceOrganizationCraziest Book:Crazy Bosses: Fully Revised and Updated Source: Crazy Bosses: Fully Revised and Updated
“Who says we didn't have controversial subjects on TV back in my time? Remember Bonanza? It was about three guys in high heels living together” TogetherRememberGuyThreeSubjectsTvsMy TimeHeelsControversialHigh HeelsLiving Together Author:Milton Berle
“The most telling one was recently on a plane. This guy very dressed up and formal - the watch, the shoes, the cufflinks, the whole nine yards - he came at me, and I thought I was going to get nailed. But he literally came up to me and just gave me a hug and said, "Thank you for introducing me to a subject that I didn't know anything about." In those moments it always clicks for me what we're doing here.” KnowsSaidWholeMomentsGuyWatchesSubjectsShoesNinePlanesIntroducingHugFormalYardsThis GuyClicksDressed Up Author:Jeffrey Tambor