Because I grew up on 'Star Wars', that was the best example of creating a full and rich world to me as a writer. When I was watching those movies as a kid, I wanted to know more about every damn character in that universe. There was always a hint that there was a story there that you just weren't getting to see.
‐‐ Christopher McCulloch
Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation.
‐‐ Dave Eggers
Because I grew up with women, I have a certain amount of charm, and I'm all right to get on with, kind enough, funny enough, blah blah blah.
‐‐ James Nesbitt
Because I had a lot of emotional upheaval in my life, I'm attracted to stories about characters whose lives are full of wounds and secrets. I'm not interested in who's going to ask me to the prom. I never went to a prom.
‐‐ Randa Haines
Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children. It was a revelation because it suddenly makes me realize, 'Oh, I get it. Now I know what to do with the rest of my life.'
‐‐ Mark Strong
Because I had my family, I felt like I could be a bird and fly and experience and do. Because I had roots somewhere, I knew that they would love me no matter what, and I could always go back home and they were going to love me.
‐‐ Gisele Bundchen
Because I hate fake people and I always think I'm never fake.
‐‐ Victoria Jackson
Because I have a dog, it's easier to work at home: I sit in a horrible weird 'Mastermind'-style chair and bask in my own mediocrity. Being single, I've no family life to distract me at the end of the day. Apart from taking the dog for a walk, I have no other responsibilities.
‐‐ Miranda Hart
Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it prevents VD.
‐‐ Joe Rogan
Because I have a little bit more, that means I'm better than you? No. Unacceptable.
‐‐ Mariano Rivera
Because I have an opinion, I have become public enemy number one to the Fox News Channel and the right wing.
‐‐ Michael Moore
Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations.
‐‐ Gunther Schuller
Because I have success, it doesn't mean I'm part of the mainstream. I'm still an outsider.
‐‐ Matt Drudge
Because I have two houses, I invariably get immersed in a book and then discover it's at the other house.
‐‐ Lois Lowry
Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.
‐‐ Gloria Steinem
Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.
‐‐ Trishelle Cannatella
Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.
‐‐ Milos Forman
Because I killed a guy in real life, and because my character kills a guy onstage, they said I could never do anything this great again. I resented that.
‐‐ Charles S. Dutton
Because I knew how hard I worked, I knew the pain, I knew the sacrifice, I knew the tears, I knew everything. Despite everything, I stuck to it. I toughed it out, and I kept my head in the game, even when the odds were against me.
‐‐ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too.
‐‐ Virender Sehwag
Because I know about the Holy Land, I've taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and - but you can't bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.
‐‐ Jimmy Carter
Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.
‐‐ Jamie Lee Curtis
Because I like theatre and I love a challenge. With 'ZEBRA!' I've found a new Australian play where I can create a character first - that's what I live to do.
‐‐ Bryan Brown
Because I like to pick up where I left off and continue from there.
‐‐ Tommy Tune
Because I like to think, I find it difficult to sleep, and because I find it difficult to sleep, I think.
‐‐ Ciputra
Because I live and work in Washington, D.C., I have a ringside seat at the world capital of The Persuasive Arts, or, as I like to call it, The Opinions Racket.
‐‐ Gene Weingarten
Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives me an opportunity to not just be inside or outside, but in a range of contexts.
‐‐ Kevin McCloud
Because I lived in construction towns, we had a lot of workers who came from the South. They were all white, and, sorry to say, a number of them were pretty redneck.
‐‐ Tom Brokaw
Because I look like Everyman on some level, I would say I get recognized once or twice a day.
‐‐ David Costabile
Because I love football and I love the footballers.
‐‐ Sepp Blatter
Because I'm 5'4' and athletically built, if I gain five pounds it looks like a lot.
‐‐ Sophia Bush
Because I'm a big guy, I was always playing the bad guy or whatever, but after I did 'The Blind Side,' where I played a father who's a really loving, likeable sort of person, a lot of those barriers were broken down. People saw me as something softer, not so much as a heavy anymore.
‐‐ Omar Dorsey
Because I'm a chef, I eat out frequently, so it's hard for me to control what I consume in terms of calories. But when I'm at home, I eat what my wife cooks for me. She works hard to avoid making foods that are high in calories and cholesterol, so most of the time, she makes vegetarian dishes.
‐‐ Masaharu Morimoto
Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
‐‐ Ozwald Boateng
Because I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal; if your injury is dirty, it won't heal. And so when you are talking in societies, we are also talking in healing processes, and for a good healing process, you need to make things right.
‐‐ Michelle Bachelet
Because I'm a sweet, kind guy, everybody thinks I'm an idiot, I'm weak.
‐‐ Bikram Choudhury
Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green.
‐‐ Robert Cailliau
Because I'm a walker, natural history is my subject; I've always been obsessed with landscape, and I have an elegiac tone in most of my books.
‐‐ Jim Crace
Because I'm a woman, and I'm petite and blonde, you wouldn't believe how often I'm asked to model the clothes.
‐‐ Phoebe Philo
Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.
‐‐ Coolio
Because I'm always away, coming home to a clean house means a lot to me. Trust me, I've lived with a lot of roommates, and straight guys are just kids who don't pick up after themselves.
‐‐ Kellan Lutz
Because I'm an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That's what really art history is. You're looking at something very closely, and you try to write in a meticulous way about it.
‐‐ Teju Cole
Because I'm an older mom, I have a responsibility to my kids as well as myself. I want to be there for them.
‐‐ Christie Brinkley
Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.
‐‐ Imran Khan
Because I'm around comedians all the time, in my downtime I tend not to watch comedy. Something the whole family enjoys is 'You've Been Framed!' It satisfies all of us. It's universal, and we all laugh a lot.
‐‐ Nina Conti
Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am.
‐‐ Mandy Moore
Because I'm just a giving person spiritually, I feel that if your intentions are to use or abuse or take advantage of, then you might get what you get in the meantime, but there's still a price to pay.
‐‐ Angie Stone
Because I'm just an ordinary person that did some extraordinary things.
‐‐ Donna Summer
Because I'm married and have kids, I feel like I sometimes get pegged as a choirboy or something, but I wouldn't exactly describe myself that way.
‐‐ Chris O'Donnell