Jules Shear

Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it as a gift.

A person like Carole King could make up something, change it, and actually improve it.

If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

Tourism, human circulation considered as consumption is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal.