We have all these cultural assumptions about love. People get hurt, and we say, 'Oh, it's no one's fault.' Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes assumption cultural fault
The lawyer refused to tell me my brother's name, and my colleagues started a betting pool. The leading candidate: John Travolta. I secretly hoped for a literary descendant of Henry James - someone more talented than I: someone brilliant without even trying. Mona Simpson betbrilliantbrother share on social
I grew up with a single mother, and although we didn't have a lot of money, she cared a great deal about what we ate. We were the original health-food family. We shopped at what were called health-food stores before Whole Foods - everything came from bins. Mona Simpson bincallcare share on social
I'm a simple cook, and there's a lot I don't eat. But food is important. It translates so easily into pleasure. Mona Simpson cookeasilyeat Change image and share on social
People really do make the assumption that I had some weirdo Hollywood upbringing, but my parents are incredibly down-to-earth people who worked really hard to raise us in a way that was health. Zoe Kazan assumptionearthhard Change image and share on social
My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective. Taj Mahal baseculturalglobal Change image and share on social
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault. John Henry Newman faultfindman Change image and share on social