“More than 25 miles off the coast of Massachusetts and only 14 miles lo...” — Nathaniel Philbrick Quote

More than 25 miles off the coast of Massachusetts and only 14 miles long, Nantucket is, as Herman Melville wrote in 'Moby-Dick,' 'away off shore.'

I do work-related stuff on airplanes. Then, when I'm in the hotel room or just vegging out, I read for pleasure.

'Johnny Tremain,' Paul Revere's Ride, today's Tea Partiers - you have to tune all that out to get at the real story.

'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.

You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.

Didier Drogba has been an inspiration to all of us in the Ivory Coast national team. He is a great motivator for all of us - and some of the talks he gives are like a president trying to motivate his country. It is not just what he does on the field - but also all he does for all of our people off the field.

I'm definitely a West Coast artist, so much so that I'm gonna get 'Thug Life' tatted on my stomach one day.

I'm a real brother. I'm an East Coast dude. I have the experiences that I feel a lot of people who identify with me can relate to.

My parents are from the East Coast. We love the New England style.

Sometimes Hollywood is a small town on the West Coast of America at the furthest point from everywhere else, and that can make it a little provincial and insular.