I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing Bridget Jones to get some money, to finance this earnest work, and then I chucked it out. – Helen Fielding
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often — just to save it from drying out completely. – Pam Brown
Ive programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And thats the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come – you know, the stories and things like that. – R. Kelly
African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans. – Xavier Becerra