#po

For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival. ↗

— Mo Yan

#army #boy #constant #country #country boy

I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient. ↗

— Mo Yan

#am #ancient #aware #beings #crises

I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#exciting #i #like #lot #music

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#hate #i #life #me #mean

I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, 'OK, this is what I'm going to do for a living and I'm going to be Weird Al.' ↗

— Al Yankovic

#bathroom #consciously #fantasies #going #had

I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I'll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points, and then I'll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#anecdotes #arrange #down #edit #full

It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I've ever done, so it's a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#also #becomes #best #bit #done

Pop culture's gotten much more disposable. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#disposable #gotten #more #much #pop

The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#endless #film #me #music #possibilities

I don't need power at the cost of spilled blood. ↗

— Viktor Yanukovych

#cost #i #need #power #spilled