I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it.

Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city.

Michael Chertoff

There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.

Lemony Snicket

And why does he talk so funny? Doesn't he mean squashed tomatoes?I don't think that they had tomatoes when he comes from, said Bod. And that's just how they talk then.

Neil Gaiman

Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.

Betty White

James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare-- but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history in trapped in them.

James Baldwin

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.

William Davenant

I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.

Jason Bateman

It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now.

Taryn Manning

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.

Eminem

A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.

Lawrence Durrell

If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure.

Dan Quayle

It's better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

Jackie Joyner Kersee