Billy Collins
Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Funerals are for the living. If we have not done for the dead while they were yet in flesh, it is to... ROELIF COE BRINKERHOFF TIMOTHY OLYPHANT I love to read. And right now I'm on my last hundred pages of 'The Corrections' by Jonat... CANDICE ACCOLA When I'm writing a novel, one of the things I do is get big poster boards. They're actually ... ALEXI ZENTNER I really just like characters who you don't know where they stand for a long while. It's lik... OSCAR ISAAC JIM HENSON (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON I grew up having two different perspectives - one in English, one in Spanish. Two different cultures... PRINCE ROYCE I just saw Memento. It's very, very good. I watch a lot of French films. COLLEEN HASKELL I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES It's funny because the perception is that the typical 'X Factor' contestant is the perso... FLEUR EAST 'The Wire's definitely one of them. 'The Sopranos' is one of my all-time favorites. ... BEN BASS CHRISTA MCAULIFFE About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN PATTY JENKINS ALEKSANDAR HEMON I'm one of those guys that - as far as relationships and stuff go - if you smile at me, I'm ... NORMAN REEDUS I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there... DAN COLEN You get a bad review with a novel, and it hurts. But I imagine if you get a bad review with a memoir... DARIN STRAUSS I just - I like the saccharin and the gooeyness of 'Bachelor,' and how just gross and like f... KEN MARINO I've written original material before, where I've come up with the idea and the characters m... ALEX GARLAND JOHN WOODEN I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON JOHN NIVEN The book that made a lasting impression was the one my mother gave each of us when she decided we we... HALLIE EPHRON One of the most important things for me in terms of my working method is doubt. I get very insecure ... BILL VIOLA JOHN CENA GARRETT HEDLUND VICTORIA LEGRAND BONNIE HUNT It's so fun to just slip on different hats and play different characters, even if it's just ... REID SCOTT One of the defense mechanisms I have for the difficulties in the business, one of which is rejection... BRUCE MCGILL Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tou... ALLISON ANDERS The thing I wonder about is where does Brian's creative spark come from? Not his subjects or any... DENNIS WILSON CLIVE DAVIS CHRISTOPHER NOLAN It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do i... GARRET DILLAHUNT If you can play lots of different characters, that's fun. As long as the material is good, that&... FREDDIE STROMA ANDREW GREELEY HELEN MIRREN The two most important words in marriage for me are 'yes, dear.' ERIC CLOSE I have studios in the different places where I live - in Ibiza, Paris and London - but they're n... DAVID GUETTA MAYA ANGELOU Guy Gavriel Kay's 'Tigana' is, in my opinion, one of the best, if not the best fantasy n... DAVID B. COE One of the things that I like about 'Narcos' is that not only Pablo but with all the charact... WAGNER MOURA RICK RIORDAN It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'... IAN WILLIAMS I just would like to be challenged. I want to push myself to the limit, and constantly challenge mys... IMANI HAKIM GEORGE TAKEI No matter what, I will always hope for that day when I look around and can say, 'Oh yeah, I wrot... ISAAC HANSON I think there are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, wome... KATIE ASELTON KATHI APPELT Character roles only indicate that they're very different from who you are as a person, and for ... MARK HAMILL DONNA TARTT LORDE ANNA KENDRICK TIA MOWRY LAURIE ANDERSON My parents aren't married. And one of the reasons why they never got married is because they had... KATE HUDSON SUSAN SONTAG CAROL BURNETT CHANCE THE RAPPER STEVEN SODERBERGH I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like m... WILLIAM JOYCE AMY ADAMS Although my stories are all very different on the surface, I like to write stories about characters ... MORRIS GLEITZMAN XAVIER RUDD I was always the one left behind. Out in the streets, when they saw me they'd say, That's ju... MAURICE GIBB LINDSAY LOHAN BEN WHEATLEY MADELEINE ALBRIGHT My office has two buildings that function like the right and left sides of the brain. There's a ... DOUG AITKEN ARIEL LEVY Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS LUCAN LUCAN For me, I believe comedy's about taking risks, taking chances, working in a safe environment whe... MICHAEL SPILLER Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go &... JAMES ROLLINS I don't want to just add another DVD to the pile. So I think, 'Is this going to have an impa... LARRY CHARLES I love Charlie, Billy Burke's character. Writing for him is so spectacular, he's so funny an... MELISSA ROSENBERG It's a very odd thing with Hollywood, where you do stand-up, you're good at it, then they go... NORM MACDONALD GARY ROSS I experimented with different roles, but they didn't work, despite being fantastic films like &#... RAVI TEJA CASSIE SCERBO JEFFREY TAMBOR I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's ju... GARRETT DILLAHUNT I just like the idea of this creature or a being on the roof, you know? It's kind of spooky. WILL SERGEANT What I think is wonderful is that women are not just avengers or victims in films. They are people. ... MADHURI DIXIT CHRISTOPHER LEE JOHN WATERS ARUNDHATI ROY CHRISTINA HENDRICKS
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Actually the copies of characters is something I don't particularly like to talk about in articl... 
Reach for the stars. 
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It is publication week for my new novel 'The Sunshine Cruise Company.' Go me! Anyway, I may ... 
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All photographs are memento mori. 
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I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, &... 
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Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying. 
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Certainly Nancy Reagan had an extraordinary effect on her husband. I'm truly not sure that, say,... 
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