Writers Are Insane. For months we are lone wolves locked in our caves. Then overnight we become publicity hounds. It's a schizophrenic business.
When you're involved with someone for a while, and they decided to express their feelings to the public - that's not my personal way of therapy, but I guess everyone takes split-ups differently.
If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport.
The focus of entertainment is taking away from what the public needs as news. I think investigative journalism will always be important and always find its way, be it on the Internet or wherever.
Detroit is really a model for how wealthier and whiter Americans escape the costs of public goods they'd otherwise share with poorer and darker Americans.
The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It's in that intersection that I find the energy of the essay.
I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.
Madonna was so flamboyant in terms of her look, her style, her public pronouncements, her religious taboo-smashing.
In court, jurors are admonished by the judge at every recess not to discuss the case or form any opinions until the case is given to them for deliberations. Of course, there is no such limitation on the public.
There needs to be a planned series of speeches, interviews, etc., over the next two or three months by administration officials and other public figures talking about President Ford, what he is trying to do and what he has accomplished.
I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They value contemporary opera.
I have no desire to maintain a lifestyle. I am a horrible celebrity. If I am out in public I dress like a pig.
The reality in Iraq is that we are creating new terrorists and severely damaging the public impression of the United States in the Muslim world.
You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.
You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person.
There were only two other Chinese families in this town of 25,000, but to our parents, the determining factor was the quality of the public school system.
I hate parties. I really don't like public events. I hate dressing up. I am the worst celebrity ever!
I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.
I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make.
That said, your values will not always be the object of public admiration. In fact, the more you live by your beliefs, the more you will endure the censure of the world.
One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.
