#y

I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#approximately #book #first #i #second

If you're interested in how people behave, if you're interested in the way they talk about themselves, the way the conceive of themselves, it's very hard to ignore drugs nowadays, because that is so much part of the conversation. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#because #behave #conceive #conversation #hard

I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#clear #i #just #make #old

I mean, there are some amazing storytelling being done on the small screen right now. That's what so cool about being in television right now. Studios, networks are starting to throw more resources, better writers, more production values... and to be part of that is awesome. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#amazing #awesome #being #being done #better

I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#backlash #had #i #never #thing

I want to bulk up. I'm a skinny guy. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#guy #i #skinny #up #want

I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#humane #i #lot #rescue #society

I'm from New Orleans. There's a lot of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to play one. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#fascinated #i #i always #lot #mystique

I've never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#change #connected #continually #even #i

I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#every #great #i #learned #myself