It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes carver fun loud
My first job on the radio was writing jokes for a Baltimore DJ called Johnny Walker, who was sort of a '70s era shock jock who all the teenage boys listened to in my school. Ira Glass 70sbaltimoreboy Change image and share on social
People are generally forced to change. We don't want to change, and then something absolutely forces us to realize that what we are doing isn't working or that our picture of the world is wrong. We fail. So we change. Ira Glass absolutelychangefail share on social
Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would. Ira Glass deliverfacthard Change image and share on social
My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying. Zadie Smith carverlengthpage Change image and share on social
Magazines and opinions of you and stuff like that, those will change, but your opinion of yourself does not have to based on what other people say. So I just learned that my inner voice has to be louder than their outside voice. Jennifer Love Hewitt basechangelearn share on social
A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids. Jason Statham behavedadfun Change image and share on social