A friend suggested that I get a job at a children's book store so I could meet kids and read books, and that turned out to be the single best bit of advice I've ever gotten. Brian Selznick advicebitebook Change image and share on social
The best way to impress a woman is to be the most honest you can. Jean Reno honestimpresswoman Change image and share on social
I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing. Kathryn Lasky preparationreadwidely Change image and share on social
Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1) guitar is a much more expressive instrument, (2) way more girls pay attention to guitar players than to drummers. Greg Iles askattentionchristmas share on social
I thought that some of my best records was when there wasn't a lot of work being done on it, like 'Winter in America' and 'Secrets' and when there weren't a whole lot of people in the studios. Gil Scott-Heron americalotpeople Change image and share on social
I think you can tell the food is close to my heart, too, because I'm doing what I do best. Giada De Laurentiis closefoodheart Change image and share on social
I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall. Frank Stella 80sabstractgesture Change image and share on social
Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone. John Turturro authorhardhave Change image and share on social
We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build. Steve Jobs buildgreatgroup share on social
The - the sort of thing that I want to do is to strike a resonant chord of universality in other people, which is best done by fiction. Joyce Carol Oates chordfictionpeople Change image and share on social