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		I think “The Book of Mormon” has made that difference in its field. It changed the game. It’s something that 20 years from now people will still be talking about, hopefully. That’s my goal as an artist, as a creator, as a work for hire, is to choose projects that make people think, make people talk, and make people interested in having a dialogue.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Josh Gad 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Suffering turns men towards their creator. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ramana Maharshi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Talib Kweli 
			 
			
				Black Star  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not going to break up my family, not for a book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Clowes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Macaulay Culkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		What I love about Popsicle and the moments I can be with Camden is that their whole philosophy is family and these moments that it can create to just sit with my son, read a comic book or go outside on a hot day, take a swim and have a Popsicle treat with him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vanessa Lachey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel good not just physically but as a person because I know I accomplished my goal, which everybody said I couldn't do in Venezuela. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pablo Sandoval 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kara Walker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Nyro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't have a soul; you are your own soul. In other words, you are not this book, your social security card, your body, or your mind. You are you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				L. Ron Hubbard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was making big paintings with mythological themes. When I started painting black figures, the white professors were relieved, and the black students were like, 'She's on our side.' These are the kinds of issues that a white male artist just doesn't have to deal with. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kara Walker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I never commit to memory anything that can easily be looked up in a book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Albert Einstein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Prince 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like animals, all animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog - or a chicken or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Peter Dinklage 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Never doubt that one person can make a difference. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ingrid Newkirk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We get these really deep and emotional fan letters sometimes that are so heartbreaking or shocking or haunting sometimes that I can kind of relate to them in my own way and connect with our fans in that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vic Fuentes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think “The Book of Mormon” has made that difference in its field. It changed the game. It’s something that 20 years from now people will still be talking about, hopefully. That’s my goal as an artist, as a creator, as a work for hire, is to choose projects that make people think, make people talk, and make people interested in having a dialogue. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Josh Gad