I don't take myself terribly seriously. It's why I can be incredibly honest about my life. Mariel Hemingway honestincrediblylife Change image and share on social
I want to live my life, not record it. Jackie Kennedy lifeliverecord Change image and share on social
The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. Isabel Allende americandefendfact Change image and share on social
My father left when I was three, and I have no memory of him. The most significant male figures in my life were my grandfather, in whose house I lived during the first 10 years of my childhood, and later my stepfather. Isabel Allende childhoodfatherfigure share on social
What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look. Chuck Close differencefrontlife Change image and share on social
When narratives fracture, when words fail, I take consolation from the part of my life that always works: the stationery order. The mail-order stationery people supply every need from royal blue Quink to a dazzling variety of portable hard drives. Hilary Mantel blueconsolationdazzle share on social
'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs. Idina Menzel breakcastdigg Change image and share on social
It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma and they must have hurt a child in a past life. Mary Garden badchildhurt Change image and share on social
My affinity, as a novelist, with Dickens has been overstated. I relish the way everything in his prose pulsates with life force, and I'm in debt to him every time I invest inanimate objects with uncanny animism. But his female characters annoy me. Michel Faber affinityanimismannoy share on social
Doing comedy is one of the best gifts in life. Mallory Jansen comedygiftlife Change image and share on social
