“Why should literature be easy? Sometimes you can do what you want to do in a simple, direct way that is absolutely right. Sometimes you can't. Reading is not a passive act. Books are not TV. Art of all kinds is an interactive challenge. The person who makes the work and the person who comes to the work both have a job to do. I am never wilfully obscure, but I do ask for some effort.” WayWantShouldKindPersonsArtBookSometimesJobsReadingAsksLiteratureEasyCan DoChallengesSimpleEffortTvsDirectWhat You WantAll KindsPassiveObscureInteractive Author:Jeanette Winterson
“My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of flipped, and I'm not mad about it, but my childhood dream is Broadway and I want to end up there.” WantKindEndsDreamWantedFilmChildhoodTvsMadBroadwayFlippedChildhood Dreams Author:Grant Gustin
“I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.” IfsWantKindPlayShowsGuyTvsPillars Author:Jake M. Johnson
“My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.” WayWantKindGrowsSidesHairBeastUnpredictableBangs Author:Victoria Legrand
“I really was kind of like a musical nerd. I would watch VH1's 'Behind The Music.' That was heavy when I was a kid. I would sit up and want to watch that all day instead of going outside sometimes.” WantKindSometimesKidsBehindsWatchesMusicalHeavyNerdRico Author:Rico Love
“My job the same as carpenter. What kind of house you want to build? What kind of food you want to make? You think your ingredients, your structure. Simple.” ThinkingWantKindJobsHouseSimpleStructureIngredientsMake You ThinkCarpenter Author:Masa Takayama
“The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.” WantFeelsKindCountryFactsNuclearPursueThreatenedDeterrent Author:Stephen Walt
“When you don't have kids and you're in a Catholic family - one of my sisters had 10 children in 11 years - she's part rabbit - you feel kind of guilty about that. So, I want to do things for other people's children.” PeopleWantFeelsYearsKindChildrenKidsCatholicGuiltyMy SisterRabbitsCatholic Family Author:Marge Schott
“White people couldn't do black music back in the day because they weren't funky or bad enough. They weren't from the ghettoes, but hip-hop and R&B changed all of that because white kids want to be down with it. They wanted to learn it so they studied the culture. It's kind of a cool thing because we shouldn't be so separate.” PeopleWantKindEnoughKidsWantedCultureBlackWhiteChangedHip HopHipsHopsCool ThingsBack In The DayFunkyBlack Music Author:Narada Michael Walden
“Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are ... Each of us must decide what kind of person we want to be-what kind of legacy that we want to pass on.” WantKindMayPersonsOfficeLegacyTitlesEmpoweringWho We ArePrivileged Author:Queen Rania of Jordan