"My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in."

-- Rufus Wainwright

#Stars Quotes #Parent Quotes #Serious Quotes

“Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.”
“I cannot say that I have been hindered all my life by the permutation of genes that resulted in me being born a woman.”

Source : Judy LaMarsh (1969). “Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage”, Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart
“If you are suffering from your intemperance in eating or in drinking, we that are around you, or associated with you, are affected by your infirmities. We have to suffer on account of the course you pursue, which is wrong. If it has an influence to lessen your powers of mind or body, we are affected by it.”
“when I walk into an apartment with books on the shelves, books on the bedside tables, books on the floor, and books on the toilet tank, then I know what I would see if I opened the door that says Private - grownups keep out: a children sprawled on the bed, reading.”
“If you can't run, and the plays in front of you, you just can't get gay.”
“Another benefit is that the more I blog, the more I maintain and develop a first-person voice, which translates into a much greater ease with writing personal essays.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then dont get crazy, see what happens.”
“The love is what's left at the end because it's the bedrock, fundamental reality that gets hidden all the time, but never really goes away.”

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