At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing. Lauren Groff casehappylife Change image and share on social
I tend to navigate by indirection, meaning that most of the major things in my life have happened when I've been thinking about something else. Lauren Willig happenhaveindirection Change image and share on social
That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love. Laura Dern feelgoodlife Change image and share on social
Whatever life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world. Oliver Joseph Lodge abstractionanimalcommon share on social
If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments when I have felt as if the sentences, dreams, and pages that have made me so ecstatically happy have not come from my own imagination - that another power has found them and generously presented them to me. Orhan Pamuk backbookdevote share on social
A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time. Yoko Ono bookdayhave Change image and share on social
I had to skydive for the movie and I was terrified. Like everybody, I thought it was going to be one of those experiences that changes your life. It didn't. Yancy Butler experiencelifemovie Change image and share on social
In all big cities the style of life is the same. Same endless array of restaurants; same big museums with the usual suspects; same anonymity, which can be thrilling when you're young but which I found got tiresome. Yann Martel anonymityarraybig share on social
No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you. Yann Arthus-Bertrand awakenbirthenvironmentalist Change image and share on social
I'm looking at a dead event and trying to give it new life. In a sense, I'm a taxidermist. Yann Martel deadeventgive Change image and share on social