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Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it. ”
Chaste love happens all the time, far more frequently than adultery. ”
I like to read the paper online. And I love email. And I love nothing better than to be interrupted. ”
The problem with Egypt is that there is no public trust. There is no trust, period. ”
A hidden nerve is what every writer is ultimately about. It's what all writers wish to uncover when writing about themselves in this age of the personal memoir. And yet it's also the first thing every writer learns to sidestep, to disguise, as though this nerve were a deep and shameful secret that needs to be swathed in many sheaths. ”
Listening to the stories told in jazz music and how those artists expressed their truths about the times and what they were dealing with is what struck me the most. ”
When I heard Billie Holiday's voice, Nina Simone's and Ella Fitzgerald's - there was something about their voices to me that was such a different texture than what I was used to listening to at the time. Hearing those jazz voices were so different, and I think I just gravitated toward it. ”
I search for items that have history, like vintage finds - I love fur kitten-heel house slippers from the 1950s - and pieces from fashion houses that have been around for a long time, like Chanel and Dior. ”
Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure. ”
I don't pass judgment on anybody, but personally, I prefer a more natural look. I think it's helping my longevity in my career because I'm playing my age. ”