My dad was president of the volunteer fire department, which was within walking distance to our house. I spent several days of each week there with... →
Brad Paisley
When I made 'Who Needs Pictures,' my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River one time in my life, and that was in fourth grade.... →
I've hardly had an avant-garde career... If you're going to make a film, you have to try to make sure it comes out of a childlike passion, as... →
Alan J. Pakula
You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.
Chuck Palahniuk
I think a lot of people saw 'Fight Club' and thought, 'Right, here's our next Che Guevara, here's our next Fidel Castro... →
I've always thought stand-up comedians were the oral storytellers of our time, because they know rhetoric, they know delivery, they know timing... →
When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and my writing sucked. Now I... →
If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person?
Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself.
Since September 11, 2001, the real world has become too scary for a lot of people to be with - all the time.