My first celebrity crush was Jonathan Brandis. I even got to talk to him on the phone. I wrote a fan letter, and he answered. Talk about a surreal experience. – Jennifer Armentrout
I’m a wall to wall geek. I love sci fi; I’ve had a crush on Spider-Man since I was five years old, and there’s an uncomfortably large shelf in my living room just for my comics. – Katie Findlay
Political correctness never rears its ugly head independently. It always shows up as a series of actions designed, to this observer, to crush the souls of those blessed with common sense. – Milo Yiannopoulos
I have a huge author crush on Stephen King. Have never met him. Would probably embarrass myself. But it would be worth it. – Lisa Gardner
I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush. – Joseph P. Bradley
Rejection is part of the process, so you can’t let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, ‘Sheltering Rain,’ was translated into 11 languages. – Jojo Moyes
There was an assistant professor I kind of had a crush on, but I was far too awkward and far too nervous to ever say anything. – Lauren Stamile
In ‘Crush,’ it still has a lot of elements of other genres, and then the horror is layered on top of it, especially towards the end. – Lucas Till
My girl crush is Dolly Parton. I’ve never met her, but I keep wanting to run into her in a grocery story or something! – Kimberly Schlapman
Having achieved such signal successes in the east, Russia and Roumania being both disposed of, the German leaders planned a campaign designed to crush Italy. – Kelly Miller
Full disclosure here – I had a terrible crush on Smokey Robinson, like every other female on the planet. – Linda Ronstadt
If I had a crush on a guy, my tactic was to tell them I had a crush on them. And they always thought it was super-cute, so it usually worked in my favor! – Leven Rambin
Ryan Gosling’s, like, my crush, but I don’t really pay attention to his personal style. – Olivia Culpo
My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight. – Rick Springfield
Shame is something you’ll find a lot of – particularly Catholic – girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality, about their diet, about anything you like. Shame is the way you keep them down. That’s the way to crush a girl. – Rachel Cusk
I’m troubled by how much I like Rowan Williams. I think it reveals character flaws in myself that I’d rather not think about. The softly spoken soon-to-be-former Archbishop of Canterbury is my secret crush, my weird pash, and my guilty pleasure. – Robert Webb
What I really enjoy is when someone who I used to have a crush on, a female from my industry, comes up to me at a party and says, ‘Oh, I’ve been dying to meet you. I’ve had such a crush on you.’ – Rupert Penry-Jones
The kitchen is tough. It’s one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit. – Yotam Ottolenghi
Most of the roles that I go for are Americans, so the first thing I had to do was pin down the American accent – which is obviously in ‘Blue Crush 2.’ – Sasha Jackson
I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over. – Will Smith
