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		The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ike Barinholtz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saadi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hannah Simone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idris Elba 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Hillenbrand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Buffett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I just grill chicken and make very simple cuisine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Takeru Kobayashi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Despite the fact that he's been dead for over seventy years and his prose considered purple and overwrought by many, H.P. Lovecraft's work is still widely read and has remained influential for generations. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ellen Datlow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Lenny Breau was a genius - inspired and really loose. I loved how he used the guitar as an extension of his inner freedom, because, obviously, on the outside there were a lot of trainwrecks going on. But when you listen to him play, you hear what kind of guy he really is 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Steven Siro Vai 
			 
			
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		I love to swim and listen to good music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kratika Sengar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In language that's lyrical and haunting, Cheryl Strayed writes about bliss and loss, about the kind of grace that startles and transforms us in ordinary moments. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ursula Hegi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Salman Rushdie