I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot. Orlando Bloom actionadventureexperience Change image and share on social
You don't have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to experience proper kitchen alchemy: the moment when ingredients combine to form something more delectable than the sum of their parts. Fancy ingredients or recipes not required; simple, made-up things are usually even better. Erin Morgenstern alchemychefcombine share on social
Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written. Elvis Costello albumdeutscheexperience Change image and share on social
In my experience, and that of a lot of other women writers, all of the questions coming at them from interviewers tend to be about how lucky they are to be where they are - about luck and identity and how the idea struck them. Eleanor Catton comeexperienceidea share on social
We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. And if it doesn't, you're letting the side down. Throwing this stumbling block in the way of female artists is counterintuitive. Eleanor Catton artistblockcounterintuitive share on social
The majesty of the American Jewish experience is in its success marrying its unique Jewish identity with the larger, liberal values of the United States. There is no need anymore to choose between assimilation and separation. We are accepted as equals. acceptamericananymore share on social
When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice. Eddie Van Halen breakexperiencefelt share on social
The terms of poetry - some simple, some complicated, some ancient, some new - should bring us closer to what we're hearing, enlarging our experience of it, enabling us to describe what we're reading, to feel and think with greater precision. Edward Hirsch ancientbringclose share on social
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. Eleanor Roosevelt buildcharactercourageously Change image and share on social
No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book. Ellen Glasgow bookdeaddust Change image and share on social