#ok

Hollywood will put you in a box, so to speak. Some people will have seen you in 'La Bamba' or another dramatic film and think, 'Okay, that's what Lou does.' But they don't really have an idea of the range or diversity that I can bring to a project. ↗

— Lou Diamond Phillips

#box #bring #diversity #does #dramatic

I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists. ↗

— Taylor Phinney

#fact #granted #i #kind #olympic

I feel pretty good. My body actually looks like an old banana, but it's fine. ↗

— Mike Piazza

#actually #banana #body #feel #fine

When they come here, what we are looking for them to do is step up to the plate, take responsibility and get the big innings, the centuries - or take a lead with the ball. ↗

— Andy Pick

#big #centuries #come #get #here

I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that.' ↗

— David Sedaris

#calling #felt #i #like #myself

A lot is riding on each individual docent. Here is the docent definition: a docent is a tour guide; a docent is a person who can cause a museum visitor to look more closely at art; a docent is a person who bring art works to life by selectively suggesting ways to look at an art piece, thereby bringing a new awareness to a museum visitor; a docent is a gate keeper; a docent is a person who volunteers hours of time equity for the recompense of a smile. ↗

— Ivy Hendy

#art

She didn't want to be reminded of her past or how different her present was from the future she'd taken for granted. ↗

— Freya North

#future #heartache #past #present #dreams

I think the 'New York Times' reviews overall tend to overlook popular fiction, whether you're a man, woman, white, black, purple or pink. I think there are a lot of readers who would like to see reviews that belong in the range of commercial fiction. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#black #commercial #fiction #i #i think

The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#books #experience #i #i think #opinion

People do write books. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#people #write