Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a... →
P. J. O'Rourke
If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you... →
Joyce Carol Oates
Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books.
It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No... →
Barack Obama
And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law... →
Michelle Obama
My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. I have found that at Princeton, no matter how... →
Pronouns really don't matter in a song - 'I' or 'he' or 'she' or even subscribing a lyric to an inanimate object.
Conor Oberst
When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo... →
Tea Obreht
I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!