One day in 1948 or 1949, the Brentwood Country Mart, a shopping complex in an upscale neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, was the scene of a slight disturbance that carried overtones of the most spectacular upheaval in twentieth century music. M...
Outside the hospital, a young girl who was selling small bouquets of daffodils, their green stems tied with lavender ribbons. I watched as my mother bought out the girl's whole stock. Nurse Eliot, who remembered my mother from eight years ago volunte...
That night I looked Stephanie [Burt] up online and started reading more about her work...I kept encountering a striking factoid...: she’s often cited as the most influential poetry critic of her generation. And she’s openly trans. This is not the...
In Hollywood, you grow up quick.
Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage.
I've upped my standards. Now, up yours.
I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.
You grow up a lot on set, but it doesn't change you.
When I found stand-up, it was like finding home.
My dad never explained anything growing up.
I got to grow up in an incredibly artistic family.
I try to show that I have no fear. When you grow up hungry, you're not afraid of anything.
Growing up, I was in love with Jennifer Aniston from 'Friends.'
When I'm in love, I wake up happy.
I've never been able to write for stand-up.
I was a super tomboy growing up.
I didn't grow up beautiful.
The first time I did stand-up was on a dare.
Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.
I didn't see a ton of movies growing up.
