I was turning 20 during my first record. Those decade birthdays always kind of cause me, it seems, to reflect, look back, and then look forward. I... →
Jewel
Once a refugee, always a refugee. I can't ever remember not being all right wherever I was, but you don't give your whole allegiance to a... →
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude, too. It's terribly... →
In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In... →
Ma Jian
Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.
I'm not misunderstood. I am brash. I make my living being brash.
Penn Jillette
From 1985 to 1994, I lived in Manhattan in a big old loft right off Times Square. I could walk to work, which was in a couple of Broadway theaters... →
One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic... →
It wasn't success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our... →
Anybody who spends time off of Louisiana's shores can recognize that these oysters are not endangered. To classify them as such risks great harm... →
Bobby Jindal