I thought I was going to be a ...

I thought I was going to be a math major. My parents were both accountants and wanted me to major in business. Math was our compromise.
 Michael Silverblatt

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I'm often a crier and many things make me cry. I come from a crying family - my mother cries, my grandma used to cry. It was never shameful to cry. My father never told me men don't cry.
 Michael Silverblatt
I'm very against interviewers who do not have time to read the work, who accept jobs knowing that they don't have time to do the preparation.
 Michael Silverblatt
The book is an experience that allows you to witness your feelings without having to surrender to them, to succumb to them, or to be battered by them. It gives you access to a deep knowledge of how you would respond to things you would never, thank goodness, have been required to experience.
 Michael Silverblatt