Insperational quotes//life//success//collections

 I don't worry about great visuals that they showed that weren't actually running on real hardware. It doesn't matter. Gamers don't make their purchase decisions based on movies that were shown in May for products that come out in March.

J Allard

Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.

J Allard

When we get the final hardware, the performance is just going to skyrocket.

J Allard

We didn't have our online service developed. We had never shipped a console game before as a company. So we were developing a lot of new competencies as a company and assembling a new team

J Allard

Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.

J Allard

We're going to do something that's really unprecedented in the industry by launching the console in all three major markets for the same holiday. It's never been done before.

J Allard

The chips are in production, the machines aren't. So we've got a little bit of work left to do.

J Allard

Glasses, earrings, rings, sneakers. I love every little accessory.

J Balvin

It's all about the vibes. That's why it's called 'Vibras' in Spanish.

J Balvin

I have always been a big fan of watches.

J Balvin

I enjoy everything I do, from music to fashion or to watches - the lifestyle.

J Balvin

I'm just a regular guy trying to make my dream come true like everybody else.

J Balvin

As long as I keep it real, I learn something from everyone. And when you view yourself as a student and not as somebody who's bigger, there is still learning that can be done every day, and that keeps you open-minded and more ready to learn about life and love.

J Balvin

When I would go to the barrio, people saw me as a rich person, but when I'm around rich people, they see me as someone from the ghetto. It's all perceptions. I like moving between worlds. I feel equally comfortable in both.

J Balvin

Thanks to social media, we've also been able to show ourselves as we are. In the end, masks are useless. You have to be real.

J Balvin

I want to change the perception about Latinos worldwide. I think people don't know yet how cool we are.

J Balvin

If you really want to flex, you have to be real.

J Balvin

I moved to Oklahoma to learn English when I was 16 years old from Colombia for six months; then I moved to New York.

J Balvin

11I see myself like what Drake did in the game. I came with melodies and different lyrics, from a different place - reggaeton is from Puerto Rico; Drake is from Canada.

J Balvin

To tell you the truth, I used an Instagram filter called Ginza to share a snippet of the song - I simply left the name in the caption in case anyone wanted to use the same filter. But everyone started calling the song 'Ginza.'

J Balvin

I don't plan anything - I just let myself go with the flow.

J Balvin

I invite you to get out of the box, be yourself. If you have blue hair, pink, yellow; if you have a broken tooth; if you have other sexual preferences... be yourself. Fight for your happiness always.

J Balvin

When you maintain a closeness with your fans, they are more forgiving when you make mistakes.

J Balvin

I'm not a big fan of fame; I'm a big fan of success.

J Balvin

By erasing barriers of races, colors, continents, genres, or languages, we can achieve the whole world moving their head to the same beat.

J Balvin

My medium is music, but my goal is to motivate people to dream.

J Balvin

I don't pretend to be anybody else but me.

J Balvin

Music goes further than any border, any language.

J Balvin

'Mi Gente' is a song that embodies a special moment in music - a new sound of a Latino culture on the rise and being embraced globally.

J Balvin

Watches are about status.

J Balvin

For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs.

J Balvin

I believe that we are a result of our past.

J Balvin

Even though you don't understand what I'm saying, you are going to really feel it. The same thing happened to me when I used to listen to English music. I didn't even understand one word. You know? But it just makes me feel great.

J Balvin

I'm so grateful to Spotify for the enormous support to the reggaeton movement.

J Balvin

Just because you are Latino does not mean you can't be global.

J Balvin

I don't want to be a follower; I want to be a leader and create new waves.

J Balvin

Colombian culture has a lot of music - it's in our blood; it's in our DNA.

J Balvin

I'm no savior, and I'm no Robin Hood.

J Balvin

To me, family is first.

J Balvin

I like track suits and sometimes to be suited up. I like to be like a chameleon.

J Balvin

I'd love to work with people like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, and The Weeknd.

J Balvin

Camila Cabello, she's great.

J Balvin

There are so many artists that have inspired me.

J Balvin

We are proving that Latinos have the power to connect with an audience on a global level without having to leave our identity behind.

J Balvin

When you see a movie, they always put the Latino on the bad side or in a tacky way. It's not like that. Latinos are shining like a diamond.

J Balvin

In life, you always have to keep fighting. It's not easy.

J Balvin

In 2017, it's discouraging that it seems like we're going backward. And that's not just because of Trump; that's because we, as humans, condone discrimination; it's a human issue. It's part of something bigger.

J Balvin

The important thing is that I'm clear about the love and respect that I got for Rihanna.

J Balvin

I respect the ones who make it and leave their home base, but I'm good in Colombia.

J Balvin

Basically, I just want to talk about love and how it can overcome boundaries. I want to discuss those more universal beliefs, not more politicized ideas.

J Balvin

As Latinos, we are many, and our geography is gigantic.

J Balvin

Mexico is a Latin powerhouse. And Mexicans, they're known as hard workers. Here in the U.S., not everybody wants to do those kinds of jobs. I've lived. I know what it feels like and what they go through and how families suffer.

J Balvin

I want to invite the mainstream into my world and to my sound and to what I'm doing. And I want mainstream artists to respect me and accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English. I want them to know that I can compete globally, with whomever, in Spanish.

J Balvin

I'd want to start being a creative director of a specific line, like Adidas, for example. If they called me up to collaborate on something, I would do it.

J Balvin

I'm gonna be real everywhere I go, but I'm with my people, I'm connected to my roots - I'm in my country! I don't need to live somewhere else.

J Balvin

I don't know. I respect Kanye, but when it comes to Trump, I'm not into that, man.

J Balvin

I want to take it really far in Spanish; even non-Spanish speakers listen to my music across the world. Even though they don't know what I'm saying, they really feel it. We want to take it to another level and keep building our name. We want to take it really far just in Spanish.

J Balvin

Pitbull has always been great - he represents Latinos.

J Balvin

Every performance has provided a learning experience, and as we go, we keep fine-tuning the shows. If we decide to do a tour, we rehearse until we perfect. One thing that I do prior to every show is that we huddle the band and pray. We thank more than we ask.

J Balvin

I've always loved music since I was a little kid.

J Balvin

When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn't know at the time I wanted to be an artist.

J Balvin

I want to inspire people to follow their own dream, not what the world wants for them.

J Balvin

'Donde Estaras,' it is like a classic reggaeton, and we just added some Southern spice to bring it to 2018. But I wanted to go back to the roots of reggaeton, that type of reggaeton that makes you just feel good. You don't know what we are saying but that OK because 'Donde Estas' is where are you at but 'Donde Estaras' is where are you going to be.

J Balvin

Kanye and Pharrell are in fashion. Why not J Balvin?

J Balvin

I love Bad Bunny. He's changing the game. I think he's doing something very important with his success.

J Balvin

Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible.

J Balvin

We proved to the world that a completely Spanish song can take over the world.

J Balvin

There's always going to be somebody that don't like you. It's life.

J Balvin

To be a legend, we have to make a lot of right moves and great music.

J Balvin

I love Rihanna, but I'm not gonna marry Rihanna.

J Balvin

I want mainstream artists to accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English.

J Balvin

I want to make music for everybody.

J Balvin

I don't have to work with superstars - I want to work with cool artists that make super music.

J Balvin

Dreams are the ones that really keep me moving all the time. That's what drives me.

J Balvin

I just work with people that I love and respect, that inspire me to be a better person, a better artist.

J Balvin

Since I was a kid, I was listening to hip-hop.

J Balvin

I'm from Colombia, and we've been through a lot of hard situations.

J Balvin

I just want people to respect what I do.

J Balvin

Behind every big artist, there's a big team.

J Balvin

I like to make super music instead of working with superstars.

J Balvin

Politics doesn't interest me in the least.

J Balvin

You can have the power of your music on your cellphone and reach millions.

J Balvin

A watch shows how you want to look - or how you want people to look at you.

J Balvin

Music is art, and making watches is art, too.

J Balvin

Let's be honest, 'Ginza' doesn't really have lyrics to speak of. It's a party track - a party for reggaetoneros to come out of the closet.

J Balvin

I am a YouTube artist.

J Balvin

I love the vibe of Las Vegas.

J Balvin

I'm honored and thankful to be partnering with the prestigious CFDA as one of the men's wear ambassadors for fashion week. My interest in fashion is only matched by my love for music, and I'm blessed to be given an opportunity to learn about some of my favorite designers from a firsthand look at their latest collections.

J Balvin

I think music is to have fun. It's for people to have a good time with.

J Balvin

We are making music for the human race, and even beings from other galaxies are welcome to vibe with us.

J Balvin

I pay a lot of attention to the people I let surround me. I learn something from those people and from everyone - from other musicians, from people on the street.

J Balvin

t's always been my dream to be among the big names of Colombia.

J Balvin

I'm still in love with New York. It's like a dream: there's so much to do, so much culture.

J Balvin

The only way I'm not going to follow other people in reggaeton is if I listen to other things. I get other melodies or sounds and put them in reggaeton and make it different.

J Balvin

I like to change and switch it up. I don't want to sound like anybody else or sound the same. I always have to reinvent myself.J BalvinChange Myself Always

Winning a Grammy is always going to be good.

J Balvin

Steve Aoki is somebody I really love, and he did a remix of 'Mi Gente,' too.

J Balvin

30Part of what we did is change that misconception that reggaeton is machista and misogynist. On the contrary, women are our biggest fans, and they inspire us.

J Balvin

Mike Amiri is like my brother.

J Balvin

We want to change to point of view about Latinos in the world and Colombians. Forget about the bad past.

J Balvin

I think the universe works perfectly.

J Balvin

I think it's important to show people, especially young people, that it's okay to have a personality. And that they can express themselves however they like.

J Balvin

I obviously work really hard. But I also have the capacity to dream really big and have the discipline to materialize those dreams.

J Balvin

Reggaeton is what opened the doors for me, and I'm always grateful for that. I'll do reggaeton for life, but I want to show that I'm an artist who can do everything.

J Balvin

The more I get to know more artists, the more they inspire me.

J Balvin

I don't want to make music only for Latinos. The idea is always to make a global sound.

J Balvin

Music is one way of expressing yourself, and fashion is another.

J Balvin

I don't want nobody to ever say, 'I coulda done that beat' or 'I know where you got that from.'

J Dilla

One of my favourite Donald Byrd tracks is 'Think Twice,' and I didn't want to sample it. I've always enjoyed when other people have sampled it, so I wanted to instead of making a beat with it or something like that, or freak the beat of whatever. I wanted to just recreate it in my own way, like how I heard it.

J Dilla

No one will ever be able to come against me on the beats.

J Dilla

There'd be days when I wouldn't eat at all because I'd be in the basement working all day.

J Dilla

It's family first, and then everything else.

J Dilla

What happened was that the doctor told me that I'd ruptured my kidney from being too busy and being stressed out and not eating right.

J Dilla

Detroit is a hard city.

J Dilla

To me now, I don't really categorize music - I see music as all one.

J Hus

In year 10 or 11, I used to buy packs of doughnuts for 50p from Morrisons, and sell them for 50p each. I made loads of money. So I was a doughnut hustler!

J Hus

I was a bit of a hothead. But I've changed my ways now. My bad years were probably from 2009 to 2014.

J Hus

I don't think anyone can do what I already do. I just do it and it's unique, yeah.

J Hus

I think I make ugly sexy and attractive. If I didn't do music, the girls that like me wouldn't like me, but I think I make ugly look good.

J Hus

I think people can learn from my experiences, and I hope people can look at me and be inspired.

J Hus

The women are my biggest supporters so I have to make good music for them too. Afrobeats is also often always about sexy women; we are simply celebrating the female form.

J Hus

I feel like I'm bipolar. I have my different moods and that. That's why my music exists in so many different worlds - this moment I'm feeling all raw, this moment I'm wanting to talk to a girl, the next moment I'm wanting to talk about spirit and be deep. Then I'm back to being angry.

J Hus

I wanted to be an actor.

J Hus

I'm a Gemini, so my mood always changes - one minute I'm dance-dancey, the next I'm in the corner minding my own business

J Hus

My friends used to call me ugly. Even my mum would say it.

J Hus

I don't like to believe in star signs and all of that stuff.

J Hus

Being ugly didn't offend me. It's like: Yeah, I'm ugly. What? Make me ugly-sexy. Embrace it.

J Hus

'Cause it's jail, everyone thinks they're bad. So this one guy was like, 'What're you gonna do, 'Lean and Bop' for us?' I was cocky, I was like 'Oh yeah? It costs five racks to see me lean and bop, It costs five racks to see me lean and bop.' But deep down inside it was hurting. It's moments like that make me hate - I feel like I sold out.

J Hus

My little brother is four years old and he listens to all my music. I don't know how he finds it, but he knows how to use an iPad and he's always online. So one day my mum said: 'You know what, you have to make something for your little brother,' and that's how I made 'Lean & Bop.'

J Hus

My mum used to play afrobeats, my dad used to play Caribbean, my sisters and brothers played hip-hop.

J Hus

Jhene Aiko, I like Zara Larsson, I like working with female artists.

J Hus

People always say I'm shy! But I'm not even shy! Like, if you knew what I'm saying in my brain. I'm in my own mind a lot. Even though I'm quiet I'm thinking about a lot of things.

J Hus

I was feeling 'Lean & Bop' in the moment. It's brought me the most money. And when I'm doing shows, it goes off.

J Hus

People are always surprised when they meet me. I was in Nigeria and I went to one of the radio stations and they were like, 'Aww you look cute!' They were expecting me to look more rough, and I was like: 'Yeah, I'm polite!'

J Hus

I wanna keep rapping, I intend to. It's good to mix it up, but I'm still gonna stay true to rapping.

J Hus

I've had a million hats - snapbacks or whatever. I'm really into hats.

J Hus

I'm just gonna be more weird and unique as possible.

J Hus

I like to say there's no natural genre to my music.

J Hus

I don't like to be put into a box. I don't wanna be given a title - nothing.

J Hus

One of my biggest influences is Fela Kuti.

J Hus

I put my mum through a lot of stress; police would be coming to the house... It just seemed normal to me, to be up to no good; it's what everyone did. But then you start to see friends dying and going to prison and suddenly it's not fun anymore.

J Hus

Prison, I don't want to go back there again.

J Hus

People look at kids like us and think we have no morals because we're from 'the street.' I want to show that we do live by certain standards, that we are moral people.

J Hus

My absolute earliest influences would be people like Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Outkast, 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' era 50 cent.

J Hus

There isn't a Skepta song I don't know.

J Hus

Everyday I look back at my history and feel regret.

J Hus

When I was growing up in my area, the worst problem for us was we never had a purpose, I'd just be looking for stuff to do, I would be bored, that's how we would get into trouble.

J Hus

Even with me going to prison, it could have put a bad stigma on my name. But you keep going. When people see you in a low situation, when people see you fight, they respect you for it.

J Hus

I'm not really good at talking.

J Hus

It's just common sense that everyone should be listening to J Hus.

J Hus

Everyone sounds like me now. But they know who they are. It's a game changer. I started this sound, I'm the head of it. You can do it, but I'll do it better.

J Hus

Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.

J Mascis

I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.

J Mascis

I was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about him much or think about his music or anything, but it's interesting to hear his ideas on stuff.

J Mascis

When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.

J Mascis

Yeah, you know, I'm always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we used to have. I don't play cassettes much anymore, but I play records all the time.

J Mascis

I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.

J Mascis

Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it easier to keep things sounding different.

J Mascis

I play a Fender Jazzmaster and three stacks and a combo, two old Marshall Plexis and a Hiwatt combo and a Hiwatt combo with Marshall cabs.

J Mascis

I enjoy having some boundaries to work within. That's why I generally don't like alternate tunings and stuff like that. I like the boundaries of regular tunings.

J Mascis

You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.

J Mascis

I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

J Mascis

All labels are offensive in some way.

J Mascis

People have to do what they want to do.

J Mascis

It's good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it's definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.

J Mascis

I've never liked rehearsing too much.

J Mascis

It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything: on the edge of my ability.

J Mascis

'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.

J Mascis

I think electricity will create a new world. I feel like the world will change a lot with electricity, and I wonder how it will change, it's scary, and it's going to be fun. I think there are so many things to think about when it comes to electric cars.

J-Hope

We have reached milestones that are far beyond what I expected.

J-Hope

We set out with nothing but music as our dream, but we didn't know where we were going, whether we were going uphill or downhill, or as we took a break after becoming tired, whether around the corner there was a paradise or a pitfall. That's how we started.

J-Hope

Do what you want to try doing. Take whatever you get out of it and have fun.

J-Hope

I put 'hope' in my name to be a hopeful existence in the group.

J-Hope

We are happy that we could resonate with so many people.

J-Hope

We want to keep doing our own music and show our own colors.

J-Hope

We deliver many different messages to people of our generation. I want them to get good energy by listening to BTS music.

J-Hope

The music helped me sympathize with our young generation and also empathize with them. I'd like to create and write more music that represents them.

J-Hope

We're proud that everything we do is giving off light.

J-Hope

I think I just laugh nonstop. I think my laughter naturally melts in when I want to recharge.

J-Hope

We started out because we love music and dancing.

J-Hope

When I hear the word electric, I think of Pikachu!

J-Hope

We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal' demonstrates that we will keep going despite the difficulties. It reveals our ego.

J-Hope

We will try to make the name BTS sound as cool as The Beatles.J-HopeCool Try Will

I love my life!

J-Hope

It feels as if the world has acknowledged and accepted our sincerity.

J-Hope

I don't think you should feel too pressured about a mixtape. Just do what you want to do and show the music you want to show. You're not trying to win something big with it.

J-Hope

The singing in 'Dynamite,' it wasn't easy because the song is high-pitched.

J-Hope

Louder Than Bombs' shows our inner shadows.

J-Hope

I remember being captivated by Jules Verne's 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' when I read it as a kid.

J-Hope

I actually don't preoccupy myself with 'I'm going to do this kind of rap in this kind of genre' kind of thinking when I work.

J-Hope

If we think something is not good, we'll openly say it. If there's choreography, for example, and it feels like it's going to be too taxing on our physical resources - as I said, we're not getting any younger - we'll say so, and then we'll make those changes.

J-Hope

It's the encouragement from fans that drove us and allowed BTS to become who we are.

J-Hope

I feel we have achieved the goals that we set out to achieve.

J-Hope

I started dancing first, but felt I could also tell my story through my music.

J-Hope

It's such a great honor to be mentioned along The Beatles.

J-Hope

I felt that group vocals for 'Airplane' coming from all the BTS members who've been together through this journey would create an even more heartfelt song.

J-Hope

When I was a little boy, my wish was to be on an airplane. My wish was to get on a plane and fly to the sky.

J-Hope

When I was a little kid, I simply loved music and enjoyed expressing myself with my body.

J-Hope

My fantasy had always been making a music video and performing with music that I had created.

J-Hope

We've matured musically, as well as in the way we think. We've also developed a higher sense of responsibility. This has refined us and these developments are really being reflected in our music and our dance.

J-Hope

Everyone liked me when I went up on the stage at a talent search in elementary school, and that's when I decided to become a music artist.

J-Hope

The way I work uses a very on-the-spot flow, and I write the lyrics and the music when I feel them coming.

J-Hope

We're working out, watching Netflix and learning to play instruments. I think we're doing a lot of self-development, and also just trying to stay active.

J-Hope

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

J. A. Jance

I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.

J. A. Jance

I play golf - badly.

J. A. Jance

I love bookstores and booksellers. In my novel 'Dirty Martini,' I thanked over 3,000 booksellers by name in the back matter.

J. A. Konrath

A company doesn't have to compete with Amazon. A company can instead innovate in sectors Amazon doesn't presently care about.

J. A. Konrath

After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.

J. A. Konrath

Time is the ultimate long tail. Even with a big wad of money up front, if something sells forever, the back end is what ultimately counts.

J. A. Konrath

I don't care what people are saying about me, good or bad, in blogs or on Twitter or in the media. There will always be people who don't like you and don't like your books. Ignore them.

J. A. Konrath

I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.

J. A. Konrath

I have turned off Google Alerts and don't Google my name or my pen names. I don't go on message boards. I don't read my book reviews.

J. A. Konrath

We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog.

J. A. Konrath

Because we self-published 'Draculas,' we control the rights. Not just for now, but forever.

J. A. Konrath

Authors need to decide if they want to keep forever to themselves, or share forever with a publisher who takes over half the cover price.

J. A. Konrath

Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.

J. A. Konrath

Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.

J. A. Konrath

I can hire out for editing, proofreading, formatting, and cover design, and those are fixed, sunk costs. Once those are paid, I can earn 70% on a self-pubbed ebook.

J. A. Konrath

I know dozens of authors who have had a lot of books published by New York, and they won't ever take another Big 6 contract since they've gotten a taste of the freedom, control, and money self-publishing offers.

J. A. Konrath

I enjoy writing. Publishing... not so much. I've been lucky to work with some very talented people in the publishing world, and the print industry has allowed me to write full time.

J. A. Konrath

15The business model - where books can be returned, and where a 50% sell-through is considered acceptable - is archaic and wasteful. Writers get small royalties, little say in how their books are marketed and sold, and simple things like cover and title approval are unheard of unless you're a huge bestseller.

J. A. Konrath

I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.

J. A. Konrath

Writers aren't in competition with one another. It isn't a zero sum game. If you have a good book, a good cover, a good product description, and a low price, you can sell well.

J. A. Konrath

When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.

J. A. Konrath

E-books are preferable to paper; they can be delivered instantly. In many cases, they're cheaper; you can buy them with the press of a button.

J. A. Konrath

The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.

J. A. Konrath

My grandchildren will be making money from the stories I write and sell as eBooks because they will continue to be making money.

J. A. Konrath

We each take up one virtual space per title... Virtual shelf life is forever. In a bookstore, you have anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to sell your title, and then it gets returned. This is a big waste of money, and no incentive at all for the bookseller to move the book.

J. A. Konrath 

It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.

J. A. Konrath

I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.

J. A. Konrath

Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.

J. A. Konrath

No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.

J. A. Konrath

Amazon is not a monopoly or a monopsony, and even if it were, that by itself isn't illegal.

J. A. Konrath

My Kindle readers have been incredibly faithful fans.

J. A. Konrath

I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.

J. A. Konrath

If a traditional publisher offered me a quarter of a million dollars for a novel, I'd consider it. But anything less than that, I'm sure I can do better on my own.

J. A. Konrath

I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.

J. Anthony Lukas

The one great exception to the apathy on reunification is, naturally enough, Berlin. Encircled by the hostile Soviet Zone for ten years, at times blockaded and constantly at the Russians' mercy, Berliners are committed to this one goal with a unique urgency.

J. Anthony Lukas

With the growth of Harvard from a small provincial college into a great University, a unique paranoia has swept the ranks of local officialdom, furrowing brows throughout University Hall. The lurking fear is that somehow, in the operations of the gigantic administrative machine, a student might get lost in the shuffle.

J. Anthony Lukas

I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.

J. Anthony Lukas

The need for a non-veteran reserve became painfully obvious in the Korean war when many of the men who were being called to serve were World War II veterans participating in Ready Reserve units.

J. Anthony Lukas

Serious drama in a significant degree began at Harvard in the 1880s. In 1881, the Cercle Francais initiated the annual French play, and shortly afterwards the German and Spanish clubs added their productions.

J. Anthony Lukas

Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.

J. August Richards

1In the 'Angel' days, all there was was a community that was like a chat room. If you were looking for feedback, you had to look for it.

J. August Richards

I absolutely love working with David Boreanaz, and Charisma Carpenter I completely adore - she teaches me to dance.

J. August Richards

Marvel makes you feel like 'Iron Man' will show up at your front door to kill you if you say the wrong thing.

J. August Richards

I feel like my life experience is that of an outsider. Let me explain: my parents are from Panama, and they moved to the United States the year after I was born. They moved into an all-white neighborhood, where the previous black family had a cross burned on their lawn.

J. August Richards

I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.

J. August Richards

What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.

J. August Richards

Once I found out that I was playing 'Deathlok,' I unearthed my old comic book collection. I was going home for Christmas, and I have a collection of thousands of comics. I was surprised to see that 90% of them were Marvel. So, I wanted to go through my collection and start there.

J. August Richards

I definitely was a big comic collector as a kid.

J. August Richards

When we wrapped 'Angel,' I definitely had a moment where I thought, 'Wow, that was the best job I'm ever gonna have.'

J. August Richards

When you're doing superhero stunts, the objective is to look as cool as humanly possible.

J. August Richards

To steal a term from one of my Twitter followers, 'Deathlok' is the 'anti-villain.' He's on the side of the bad guys, but he obviously doesn't want to be there.

J. August Richards

I went right to the 'Guide to the Marvel Universe,' which has every Marvel character from A-Z, and fortunately, I had every issue. I found 'Deathlok,' read about him there.

J. August Richards

I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.

J. August Richards

I was in fittings for the first costume even before I knew I was even going to be 'Deathlok.'

J. August Richards

Everything with Marvel is on a need-to-know basis, so I didn't officially know until the second episode I did, which I think was the 10th episode in the season. Information is carefully guarded over there. I definitely didn't know that I was 'Deathlok.'

J. August Richards

Even when I'm playing a lawyer or a doctor, I want to play a person. A human being.

J. August Richards

Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though!

J. August Richards

I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.

J. August Richards

I believe that I'm an actor to this day because of 'Star Wars.' I saw 'Star Wars' as a child, and I was completely enamored by it.

J. August Richards

I thought, 'Oh, this is great,' because maybe someone who does look like me will watch 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and realize that they can be an actor if they want to be, or they can be a superhero. They can have a hero that looks like them as well.

J. August Richards

The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.

J. August Richards

Oddly enough, I've always really loved Nightcrawler. You know who else they didn't use enough was Phoenix. I just thought her story line was so tragic. I was just really drawn to that character as well.

J. August Richards

As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly.

J. August Richards

I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.

J. August Richards

I've always been able to sense the relationship between two people based on how one person says the other's name!

J. August Richards

I think often times on Joss Whedon's shows he can make you hate a character for a period and then love the character. He does it effortlessly.

J. August Richards

I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.

J. August Richards

I love creating characters that people may or may have not ever seen before. But I enjoy the opportunity to try to make something new, and that's when I really come alive as an actor, so I really enjoyed working on 'Arrow.'

J. August Richards

Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.

J. August Richards

Their crew for 'Arrow' is just one of the most wonderful crews that I've worked with. I know that actors say that all the time, and it sounds like trash coming out of my own mouth, but it's so true.

J. August Richards

The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.

J. August Richards

The interesting thing for me is, if I met Michael Peterson in person, I'd want him to let himself off the hook just a little bit.

J. August Richards

Anyone who's trying to be there for their family and trying to take care of their children is a hero to me.

J. August Richards

Everything I've ever learned about acting - and I went to theater school - was about playing what the character wants and throwing yourself fully into going after what the character wants.

J. August Richards

I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.

J. August Richards

I feel that, as an actor, you're constantly working to become better, which I love, but with painting, I can fail on my own terms. There's a freedom in that, so that's why I love to paint.

J. August Richards

My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.

J. August Richards

Grinding is a mindset and a willingness and commitment to work at it.

J. B. Bickerstaff

When you want to win, and you want to go to work every day, you want to work with high character people; you want to work with classy people.

J. B. Bickerstaff

If you look at the teams that mix and match their starting lineup a great deal, that sort of inconsistency frequently leads to inconsistency in performance.

J. B. Bickerstaff

My brother and I used to laugh and say, 'Normal kids went to day care, and we went to the gym.'

J. B. Bickerstaff

It's always fun when you get to go somewhere new and you get to meet new people and get new experiences.J. B. BickerstaffAlways New People

Nothing is ever perfect in the NBA.

J. B. Bickerstaff

Any good defensive team has a strong anchor, because he cleans up mistakes.

J. B. Bickerstaff

Whenever someone great passes, all of us have a loss.

J. B. Bickerstaff

It's not the way you want to get a job, to see someone you admire and look up to and learned so much from get fired.

J. B. Bickerstaff

Small ball, spacing, shooting 3s, is something that everybody's trying to do.

J. B. Bickerstaff

My dad always took over teams, except for Washington, that were rebuilding, and you hear the taunting, the jokes, negative, awful things about the person you love. That hardens you at a young age.

J. B. Bickerstaff

Let's face it, first-time assistant coaches normally don't walk into jobs with two perennial All-Stars on a team that just got bounced in the Western finals. Normally, they get a job in the middle of a year, playing for lottery balls.

J. B. Bickerstaff

You don't win without talent, but your talent has to have purpose.

J. B. Bickerstaff

I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation.J. B. BickerstaffAlways Conversation Words

I'm a big believer in communication.

J. B. Bickerstaff

Conflict resolution, all those things, are important. When you're in a group environment, you have to have those. If you don't, things fester. Have the conversation. Resolve it. Move forward.

J. B. Bickerstaff

As a coach, the more experience you have, the more you're around players, it helps so you see how guys learn, ways that are effective to reach different people. You see the aftermath of all the things that happened; you don't just see what happens at the game, you see what happens after the game, the followthrough, and those types of things.

J. B. Bickerstaff

No matter what your job is, you know that you need to have a routine, that you need to be disciplined, you need to work.

J. B. Bickerstaff

I watch a ton of movies. Going way back, I like 'The Godfather.' 'The Matrix' was one of my favorites - the first one; they got a little carried away after the first one. Those are two that stand out.

J. B. Bickerstaff

Every day, you learn something. That's the same as assistant coach and the same as a head coach. You should continue to learn. You watch so much basketball, you should see something somewhere from somebody different all the time.

J. B. Bickerstaff

I hope I continue to learn. If I don't, then I know everything.

J. B. Bickerstaff

You go with what you got. That's the thing about having a system, then you plug guys into your system.

J. B. Bickerstaff

Some guys, when they play with other elite players, they end up being too unselfish; or guys who are used to having the ball in their hands all the time, now they're not as aggressive or as instinctive because they're thinking too much out there.

J. B. Bickerstaff

During the regular season, you don't have the sort of time you do in the playoffs to prepare for people, so you've got to go to your strengths.

J. B. Bickerstaff

Through the regular season, if you get really good at what you do, teams will have a hard time adjusting to you.

J. B. Bickerstaff

A lot of times, people think of selfish, and they think of offense, but you can be selfish on the defensive end of the floor, too. If you don't uphold your end of our schemes and your responsibilities within those schemes, then you're being just as selfish.

J. B. Bickerstaff

It's hard to argue with a coach who says, 'I just want you to work.' What can you say to that without making a fool of yourself?

J. B. Bickerstaff

You can have old guys who aren't willing to be coached just like you can have young guys who aren't willing to be coached.

J. B. Bickerstaff

My dad traveled so much for work that, when he was home, we always wanted to spend as much time with him as we could, so going to practices and doing stuff like that with him took precedence over Saturday morning cartoons. We'd go to practice with my dad just so we could be a part of it.

J. B. Bickerstaff

As an assistant coach, the wins and losses don't tally up on your record, so you don't necessarily have that to fall back on, so you have to find smaller games within the bigger picture to play in order to get your victories.

J. B. Bickerstaff

We're all smart enough to figure out Xs and Os - it's basketball, it's not advanced calculus. But the most important thing is can you get your message across to players? Do they believe in you, and do they want to compete for you?

J. B. Bickerstaff