”Death is on the back of everyone’s minds whether they want to admit it or not.”
Francis Ford Coppola on Solitude
“When I looked in his eyes, he was there. He was home... I had a dad.”
Carol Burnett on Finding Home
“If this revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself.”
Fidel Castro 1959: The Lost Interview
”I’m very interested in how people adapt to extremes”
Oliver Sacks on Ripe Bananas
“How did I get over being poor? I got a job as a sports announcer and it led to everything else.“
Ronald Reagan on Oatmeal Meat
“The thing that was relentless for me was how you look... It just drove me crazy.”
Meryl Streep on Beauty
“If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.”
David Foster Wallace on Ambition
”Instead of being frightened by the great white shark, we should protect them”
Jacques Cousteau on Atlantis and Cognac
“I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people.“
Joni Mitchell on Illusions
“How do you prevent being eaten or mauled by a monster? I still worry about it.”
Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid
