Joseph B. Atkins, Author and Teacher-Episode #311

Joseph B. Atkins, Author and Teacher-Episode #311

“Harry Dean Stanton… he lived on Mulholland Drive. His neighbors were Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. He and Marlon Brando became very close friends. Everybody knew about Harry Dean’s philosophy of, there is no individual… we’re all...
Christopher Fryer, Author-Episode #381

Christopher Fryer, Author-Episode #381

“And he dials the number and Jack Nicholson answers the phone. Hello. I mean, you know, it’s Jack. He just launches into the spiel that we’d rehearsed a half a dozen times that were a couple film students. We’re doing this project. We’d...
Anthony Swofford, Writer-Memoirist-Professor-Episode #371

Anthony Swofford, Writer-Memoirist-Professor-Episode #371

“Discipline and commitment are essential to being a writer. You can’t be a writer unless you’re disciplined and you’re committed to the cause, which is like, write the script, write the book, write the sonnet, write the symphony. If...
Qin Sun Stubis, Columnist-Poet-Author-Episode #359

Qin Sun Stubis, Columnist-Poet-Author-Episode #359

“If you have a story sitting in your heart that is important to you, then you know that it’s unique. You know that it would benefit others. You should write that story. You should write that book.” ~ Qin Sun Stubis Qin Sun Stubis is a newspaper...
Lady Dhyana Ziegler, Author-Professor-Songwriter-Episode #354

Lady Dhyana Ziegler, Author-Professor-Songwriter-Episode #354

“First of all, dream big and be bold. Don’t be afraid to try new things and don’t be afraid to fail. Everything is not going to be perfect, but when you get in that stride and you get in that rhythm, you can hear that beat and you can dance.”...