#ted

I really wanted to be a cartoonist, and I was in 4th or 5th grade and I would bring my drawings in, and I'd look around, and everyone could draw better than me. Everyone. My drawings were just awful. So that's why I had to write. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#awful #better #bring #cartoonist #could

I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#been #books #chased #ghost #i

An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life. ↗

— Sting

#canada #emigrated #found #friend #guitar

I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like. ↗

— Sting

#family #i #like #losers #rejected

I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead. ↗

— Sting

#big fan #david #david lynch #elephant #fan

I was recruited to teach 9-year-olds. I taught for two years. ↗

— Sting

#recruited #taught #teach #two #years

I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine. ↗

— Caskie Stinnett

#hate #having #i #life #lot

We were the only ones interested in comedy. Everybody else wanted to be Martin Scorsese. ↗

— Matt Stone

#else #everybody #everybody else #interested #martin

I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns of the world, the Alexander the Greats, they do exist. They have existed. ↗

— Oliver Stone

#along #believe #come #exist #existed

I've never returned to the locations. I do remember certain days more clearly than others and certain locations with a sense of nostalgia. Perhaps one day, I'll bring my daughter to see them, if she's interested. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

#certain #clearly #daughter #day #days