“Thirty or forty years ago, in one those grey towns along the Burlington railroad which are so much greyer to-day than they were then, there was a house well know from Omaha to Denver for its hospitality and for a certain charm of atmosphere.” KnowsYearsWellsBookCertainHouseYears AgoTownsAtmosphereThirtyCharmFortyGreyHospitalityRailroadsDenverOmaha Book:A Lost Lady Source: A Lost Lady
“One January day, thirty years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away.” TryingYearsLittlesBookYears AgoTownsThirtyThirty YearsJanuaryWindyBlown AwayNebraskaLittle Towns Book:O Pioneers Source: O Pioneers
“Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, 'I want to get out and become like him'. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.” WantYearsChildrenHomeSchoolActorsWifeCarBecomingMetsYears AgoLonelyTownsPortWalesHopkinsBereftHome Town Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I never know what my next move will be in Hollywood. It's such an unpredictable town. People get jaded and lost and I've been able to stay a float. I think the next logical step in my career would be to start my own filmmaking empire like (Harvey Weinstein) and (Bob Weinstein) did so many years ago. I think if only the unions weren't so strict in Boston, I'd set up shop there and make films of a certain quality you don't see represented these days. I'm full of ideas and dreams.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasDreamWould BeAbleFilmMovingCertainNextLostMy OwnQualityStepsCareersYears AgoHollywoodTownsUnionsThese DaysShopsEmpiresLogicalBobFilmmakingStrictUnpredictableBostonFloatsJadedHarveyNext MoveIdeas And Dreams Author:Ben Affleck
“I took photos from 1976 to when I left in 1993, primarily for Interview and a column I had called "Bob Colacello's Out" which Andy had conceived of. I've never taken a picture since, not even with my phone! It just felt too Andy Warhol to keep going around town taking photographs. And I never really thought of doing anything with them after I left the magazine until this great Art Director Sam Shahid about for or five years ago asked where all of the old photos were.” YearsArtLeftFeltTakenFiveDirectorsYears AgoTownsPhotographPhonesMagazinesInterviewsFive YearsKeep GoingBobGreat ArtColumnsWarholArt Director Author:Bob Colacello
“I'm interested in smokers standing on ledges, and big box stores, the rise of the suburbs, and the hollowing out of small towns. Self-storage. Things that didn't exist 50 years ago. Our common culture. What we have agreed is OK to live with.” YearsSelfBigsCultureCommonYears AgoStandingTownsBoxesStoresSmall TownSuburbsStorageSmokersLedgesCommon Culture Author:Sam Abell
“I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.” ThinkingMenYearsRealSleepSituationKnowingDadRacismYears AgoTownsSouthUniversityMy DadLabourServingLionsSouth AfricaNot KnowingReal MenCouncillors Author:Johnny Vegas
“This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.” YearsLittlesSportsJourneyYears AgoTownsGeorgiaLife JourneyLittle Towns Author:Wade Boggs
“Tradition does not mean a dead town; it does not mean that the living are dead but that the dead are alive. It means that it still matters what Penn did two hundred years ago or what Franklin did a hundred years ago; I never could feel in New York that it mattered what anybody did an hour ago.” FeelsYearsMeanDoeStillsTwoMatterHoursAliveNew YorkHundredYears AgoTraditionTownsFranklin Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“It's a sleepy, wonderful, idyllic town but there's a curse on it from 100 years ago, ... The people who died in this kind of boating accident have come back to take their revenge.” PeopleYearsKindWonderfulYears AgoDiedTownsRevengeAccidentsBoatCurseSleepyIdyllic Author:Selma Blair