Susan Orlean Sometimes, the Internet can feel like a middle-school playground populated by brats in ski masks who name-call and taunt with the fake bravery of the anonymous. But sometimes – thank goodness – it’s nicer than real life. – Susan Orlean
Steve Largent We’re not necessarily the ski boat, we’re the skier. There are countries like Japan and Korea and others who are the ski boat at this point, but we’re getting pulled right behind them. – Steve Largent
Spencer Matthews Look, on the first day of ‘The Jump’ we shared a ski lift together. We got to the top and Vogue skied off and I said, jokingly at the time: ‘I’m going to marry that girl.’ Turns out, I am. – Spencer Matthews
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau All my children ski now, they don’t have a choice. They have to join mom and dad on the ski hill. – Sophie Gregoire Trudeau
Simon Sebag Montefiore My wife Santa is a fanatical skier, going to Klosters many times a year. To please her, I have for 12 years tried to ski, abseil, mountain-climb, para-scend, heli-ski, land-lauf, ice-skate, toboggan, luge, bobsleigh, yodel, gulp gluhwein, dunk bread in cheese fondue, or even walk in the mountains. I have failed at every one of these pursuits. – Simon Sebag Montefiore
Sheila Heti I remember where I was when I wrote that story, ‘Mermaid in a Jar.’ I was at a boyfriend’s, and he was the only boy I ever dated who was rich, and his parents had a ski chalet, and I just didn’t know how to break up with him, so I decided I would be celibate. – Sheila Heti
Shawn Johnson After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career. – Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski. – Shawn Johnson
Scott Weiland When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there’s no pressure to come up with a hit single. – Scott Weiland
Scott Weiland My favorite hobby is writing and recording songs at my studio. I like to surf, but I don’t get a chance to do that as much as I’d like. I don’t live close to the beach. I also like to ski, but I don’t get to do that much, either. – Scott Weiland
Sarah Vowell Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge. – Sarah Vowell
