When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I was a little kid, I have been really into royals and aristocracy. So to make Lord more feminine, I just put an 'e' on the end! Some people think it's religious, but it's not. Lorde aristocracyendfeminine share on social
When I was trying to find work after drama school in London, it felt like the same actors always got the plum roles, especially in television. We have a smaller market place, vastly fewer drama-producing networks, and they seem to compete for the same established names for those projects. Jamie Bamber actorcompetedrama share on social
When I was trying to get into acting, to have been a model was about as low as you could get in the acting profession. But that wasn't sexism, it was snobbery, which I knew and took very humbly. Joanna Lumley acthumblyknow Change image and share on social
When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted to read. Molly Ringwald bookfelthit Change image and share on social
When I was twelve, I started reading Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, James Agee, and - do we dare breathe the name - William Faulkner. Frances Mayes ageebreatheconnor Change image and share on social
When I was twelve or thirteen, if you liked something that was outside of your friend group genre, you had to rationalize and explain it in some way. It's totally irrelevant, I think, now. I don't think anybody cares. Not young people, at least. Maybe journalists. Autre Ne Veut careexplainfriend share on social
When I was twelve, Uncle Randall looked up long enough to see that I was a reader as well, so he walked me down his hall to a linen-closet door and opened it up onto a wall of paperbacks. There were books behind books, as deep in as I could reach. He told me to take three, and when I was done, bring them back and take three more. Stephen Graham Jones backbookbring share on social
When I was twenty-two it was a lot harder to get hurt by women. It was easier for me to, you know, cheat on a girlfriend. I can't lie like that anymore. Matt Dillon anymorecheateasy Change image and share on social
When I was twenty years old, I had gum grafts put in. Mallory Ortberg graftgumput Change image and share on social
When I was two, a dragonfly flew near me. A man knocked it to the ground and trod on it. I remember crying because I'd caused the dragonfly to be killed. Jane Goodall causecrydragonfly Change image and share on social