The onslaught of new and complex information, the academic and thinktank cults of expertise, not to mention the impossibility of bohemia in the age of high rents, have conspired to assassinate the public intellectual. Pankaj Mishra academicageassassinate share on social
I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself. Cameron Diaz accustomagebig share on social
A good autobiography is like a document: a mirror of the age on which people can 'depend.' In a novel, by contrast, it's not the facts that matter, but precisely what you add to the facts. Imre Kertesz addageautobiography Change image and share on social
The great thing about arriving at this age is that I don't even care about my career anymore. Ron Perlman ageanymorearrive Change image and share on social
I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging. Jamie Lee Curtis ageagingback Change image and share on social
I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age. Rita Dove ageapprehensivefear Change image and share on social
I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful, and then with middle age, something happens and you go into the wilderness. Jeffrey Tate agebangcareer Change image and share on social
Age is just a number, and your talent will never fail you. It has no expiry date. Madhuri Dixit agedateexpiry Change image and share on social
From a young age, I wanted to differentiate myself from my older siblings. Rose Leslie agedifferentiateold Change image and share on social
At the age of 21, I had never even stepped on a treadmill. Nikki Reed agesteptreadmill Change image and share on social