Over the years, confusing fragments, lost corners of stories, have a clearer meaning when seen in a new light, a different place.
If you write a half hour a day it makes a lot of writing year by year.
I've been in this business 25 years. I've been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway. . . I've seen the unemployment line a lot.
The effect of AIDS was like a war in a minute country. Like, in World War I, a whole generation of Englishmen died all at once. And with AIDS, a whole generation of gay men died practically all at once, within a couple of years.
One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
What if one out of every three multinational corporation CEO's were raped every year? Don't you think that would raise a kind of ruckus?
I spent six years at United and I owe them everything that I am today. I made history at United and won many trophies. It was a pleasure to play at Old Trafford.
In retrospect, perhaps the biggest reason my mother was cared for but not helped for twenty years was the simplest: Her functioning was not that necessary to the world.
Thousands of people die every year of cold, so if we had global warming it would save lives. . . We ought to look out for people. The earth can take care of itself.
I have an IQ of about 160, I taught science for about fifteen years.
For the past few years, I've been more selective than I have any right to be, but I think that's finally starting to work in my favor. I think I get way too much credit for making what people consider to be smart choices, but it's only because I made a decision to stop worrying about making money.
Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A. D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions.
One story I've been trying to write for years, and haven't been able to finish, is about a face I saw, just a glimpse of a face, in a max security prison in North Carolina. I'm still trying to understand what I saw in that guy's face.
If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.
It was a very good experience. It wasnt just to make a movie, it was my life. I was employed at The Lord of the Rings for a year and a half.
I love how significant jewelry is throughout the world and throughout time. People have been adorning themselves with jewelry for years and its one of the oldest forms of art and design. This is something that has and will always inspire me.
I was two years old when my mom put me in mommy and me classes. I always had a lot of energy so it was the perfect fit!
You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I've never really told anybody what I think of them. The last thing you ever want to do is go to therapy with your band.
Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. But what about listening?
I've been involved in the sport since I was seven-years-old and I have learned so many things in life from it, such as making friends and discipline.
