Go ahead quote me

Anthony Bourdain.
Blake Lively.
Hozier.

I'm guilty of hyperbole, but I'm aware of my limitations. I'm clumsily groping towards, if not enlightenment, at least a good sentence.

CHEF AND AUTHOR ANTHONY BOURDAIN


I was obsessed with the books. I'm so upset that there isn't a real place like that. At the movies I did all the midnight screenings, I dressed up as Hermione. I broke twigs off my tree and made them look like wands.

ACTRESS BLAKE LIVELY on being a big Harry Potter fan


I try to make a habit of distancing myself from a song. A hit song is not a career, a debut album is not a career, you have to keep looking forward to making the next thing.

SINGER-SONGWRITER HOZIER on his hit Take Me To Church

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 25, 2016, with the headline Go ahead quote me. Subscribe