Lev Grossman Quotes

Oddly, the meanings of books are defined for me much more by their beginnings and middles than they are by their endings.

Lev Grossman

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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.

Octavia Spencer
- People
- Up
- Money
It should be a law for one whole year that all laugh tracks are Seth Rogen. The world would get ever so slightly better.

Adam McKay
- World
- Law
- Laugh
The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip.

Hanna Rosin
- Time
- America
- Christian
So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it.

Aarti Sequeira
- Way
- Interesting
- Story
I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.

Rachel Platten
- Time
- Writing
- College
In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.

Adam Carolla
- Up
- Good
- Money