You were the first in every way that counted.
If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s.
Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world.
After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.
An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.
It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.
It was Julie Burchill who decreed that, beyond a certain age, a man should not be seen in a leather jacket.
A hopeful book that moms will relish, Blue Like Playdough is an honest, peel-back-the-covers look at the creative way God shapes us through childhood and parenthood. Tricia Goyer explores her own weaknesses along the journey, revealing her desire to serve the God who forms strength and joy and perseverance within her. A compelling, fresh read.
The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.
One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression.
Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for the passing pleasure it brings me'. Something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him fight for breath that his life was as important to him as mine is to me.