The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream... →
Adepero Oduye
As I grew up, I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life - in my family, in my relationship to Japanese society and in my way... →
Kenzaburo Oe
Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them.
Roger von Oech
Meat is a big deal in my life. I do love breakfast food, but I don't think that's extraordinary. I'm a normal American. We love eggs and... →
Nick Offerman
I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could I make a life, and how I could... →
Jenny Offill
I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I'm perhaps too timid to do in real life.
Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house... →
When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.
Chris Ofili
The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.
David Ogilvy
The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the relationship between a patient and his doctor. Make... →