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When we were working on 'Julie & Julia', I went back to the Julia Child cookbook and made some things I haven't made in a while, one bei... - Nora Ephron

When we were working on 'Julie & Julia', I went back to the Julia Child cookbook and made some things I haven't made in a while, one being beef bourguignon, which to me is a hilariously 1960s dish that everyone felt they had to serve at a dinner party or they weren't a grown-up.

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I would not have guessed how much I love being a father.

People never know what's going on while it's happening. You think, during the Renaissance, people called it 'The Renaissance'?

Anyway, in the mid 80's I was spending a fortune buying old Golden Age books from the late 30's and 40's and I was making personal appearances at a lot of sci fi and comic book conventions all around the country here so that I could find books for my collection.

A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.

It's physical. If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.

Haruki Murakami

When I started doing makeup, I had no intention of doing drag.

I'm part of a party that I think values making sure that everyone in this country has an opportunity to succeed. That's why I'm a Democrat.

I opened up Shutterstock to the whole world. I created a contributor community that anyone could give stock photography a shot.

Unrequited love's a bore.

The vast numbers of people who suffer some kind of mental illness under capitalism can either think, 'there is some failing with me, if only I could fit into this system better, if only I were working harder, if only I could enjoy these empty pleasures more, then things would be OK' or 'the problem is with the system that is making me ill.'

The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes; let's explore so we can become more powerful.'

Neil deGrasse Tyson

If it were all in the script, why make the film?

Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied to buildings.

Around here, though, people don't treat me any differently. That's to be expected. I don't mind at all, being in the shadow of three Hall of Famers. I just want to learn all I can from them.

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.