I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted.
All I ever wanted to do when I was a kid was be in a Broadway musical and to be in 'Star Trek,' and I can finally say I've done that.
Under international law, defendants convicted in absentia have the right to a retrial, unless the prosecutors for the authorities who do finally capture them can show that the defendants knew they were under indictment.
While writing 'The Orientalist,' I played a soundtrack that alternated between ragtime and Azeri mugams, Russian operas and German and Italian pop songs from the 1920s and 30s. When I finally finished, I gorged on all my music from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
I've finally figured out how to make a Rodney Crowell record, and that's let it be, leave the mistakes.
I have finally perfected my signature. It took hours of practicing... I decided early on just to write Pippa, not Middleton.
After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.