Women didn't want to be on the stage with other women because they didn't want their bodies to be compared. They didn't want another female act opening for them because of this weird competitive and tokenistic attitude.

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.

W. Somerset Maugham

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

Jock Sturges

We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.

Mark Twain

Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.

Burt Reynolds

They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

Lillian Hellman

I've only ever wanted to be a singer I never wanted to be famous.

Katherine Jenkins

She knew... everything. She had no words for what she knew. The pause became anticipatory silence. There were no words she could use for the reality and truth and understanding she had been given.

Sheri S. Tepper

If I can inspire people by showing that following a dream by working hard and being determined is possible, it's amazing.

Leona Lewis

The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.

Victor Borge

If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision.

Bill Sienkiewicz

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

Milton Berle