Lena Waithe Quotes
I wrote 'Twenties' back in 2009. I always wanted to tell a story where a queer black woman was the protagonist, and I'm so grateful to TBS for giving me a platform to tell this story.
Lena Waithe
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
Adam DeVine
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
Manuel Puig
I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
Kara DioGuardi
I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
Carly Patterson
I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
Taylor Sheridan
I spent years commuting into London when I was working as a temp, and I hated the monotony of it.
Olivia Colman
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.
P. J. Harvey
It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
Rachel Zoe
I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm happy to play eccentric kinds of characters, and I have a great affinity for the outsider, but I definitely am about expanding my range as well.
Rainn Wilson
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
Edmund Burke
There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
Raney Aronson-Rath
Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
Salma Hayek
I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.
Zach Condon
I'm going into my first Olympics, whereas people I'm racing against are going into their third and fourth and probably last Olympics. So there's more pressure on them to perform. I've still got a whole future ahead of me. I am not even the Olympic champ.
Adam Peaty
We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital.
John McCain
Till society is very differently constituted, parents, I fear, will still insist on being obeyed, because they will be obeyed, and constantly endeavour to settle that power on a Divine right, which will not bear the investigation of reason.
Mary Wollstonecraft
I wrote 'Twenties' back in 2009. I always wanted to tell a story where a queer black woman was the protagonist, and I'm so grateful to TBS for giving me a platform to tell this story.
Lena Waithe
