Melissa Villasenor I have some stand-up bits that are about my family and my abuelita, but most of my stand-up isn’t Latino-based. – Melissa Villasenor Abuelita Quotes Bits Quotes Family Quotes Latinobased Quotes Standup Quotes Some of my bits are dark, but they’re all silly. I’m not a mean comic. It doesn’t work for me.
Demetrious Johnson I saw Bobby Green and Lando Vannata, and everybody in the back was like, ‘Oh, man, that’s a sick fight!’ And I’m like, ‘Dude, look at his face, that cannot be good for his brain.’ I’m just honest. – Demetrious Johnson
George PelecanosMedical I had met many wounded veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center when I was researching my 2009 novel ‘The Turnaround,’ and I continue to be very interested in how returning servicemen and women deal with their new lives back home and how they’re treated by America. – George Pelecanos
Jonas Valanciunas I had everything from my mom. She did a wonderful job raising me alone and giving me everything that I needed. Just supporting me and trying to make me comfortable in this world. – Jonas Valanciunas
Maxfield Parrish Thank you for allowing me to use colors as rich and deep as you please. I had always wanted to do so, yet was never allowed because of the color capabilities of our lithographers. Now that I have done it, I don’t think I’ll ever go back. – Maxfield Parrish
Libba Bray You know that moment in ‘The Matrix’ when Neo takes the red pill and is plunged into the real world? That’s what it felt like when I first read ‘Watchmen’ – like someone was taking a can opener to my head to make room for Moore’s audacious brilliance. – Libba Bray
Samantha Shannon I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Many poets as well, like John Donne and Emily Dickinson, would be the influences; I specialized in Emily Dickinson at university. Both of those poets have really interesting ways of looking at life and death. – Samantha Shannon
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