Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
I can barely listen to my tapes when I'm transcribing, because I can't stand how I sound.
I started getting fan notes from people saying, "Oh, keep up the mess-ups," and I'm thinking, "I'm not doing it deliberately. This is just who I am. " But people thought it was funny. I guess if you're watching and you see that I could do it, maybe it gives hope that anybody can do it.
I wondered how I was going to do it and keep my job at Rolling Stone at the same time. They were very nice, and they let me disappear for two days a week for a couple of hours. That's how long shooting was.
We had a wonderful department that scouted out new music. It was beneficial to Rolling Stone, because I would come back and say, "You have to hear this, you have to hear that," and I found a lot of bands to feature, emerging bands. It [ended up being] symbiotic.
You can see when that happens with bands when they do TV appearances; they just shut down. They get really irritated.
A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.
Hope is a great falsifier of truth.
Fashion does seem to have a 20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. Its a very feminine look: the fabrics and the shapes are very pretty and distinctive.
The second you change the way you look at a situation, your stress levels drop.
I realize how much I rely on the actors to really know the lines because I tend to forget what they are exactly, even though I've written them. I don't have them memorized. But when it's going well, there is that point where the actor starts to know more about the character than I do.