I'm sure all of my friends and certain family members are like, 'Oh, look who got nominated for an Emmy and doesn't want to write me an email back!' I need a good few hours to just sit and get on the phone. Max Greenfield All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road. Mickey Gilley Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various sorts do better in survival and reproduction. Robert Nozick Let those who know know, and let me keep what little privacy I can. Lisa Bonet And under our system, much like you see in the U.K., of course, a party working with another party can form a coalition and govern the country. Rick Mercer A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have to feel natural. Joshua Bell I keep reading between the lies. Goodman Ace People work harder when c...

someone is probably going to get hurt. Most likely the cat. But in the end, things work out for the best and your cat is better it. And then your cat gets released in hardcover, and you have to read all of his reviews. Jenny Lawson I think that music and art and film, at their best, can connect with something that is eternal in human beings, that might not have so many labels on it, something that's ultimately universal and that may just be a feeling. Tunde Adebimpe I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship. Charlie Kaufman You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists. Yelawolf When I was 10 or 11 people started saying there was something special about my voice. But when I was 15 or 16 is when I really thought my hobby could become my career. Jessie J I've never liked to play stereotypes. Michael Welch You can't really imagine music without technology. Brian Eno ...

and I was walking around in my befuzzed state of confusion and low-grade depression, I set out more or systematically to read writers who'd grappled with that fundamental question of what America is, why it is the way it is. Ben Fountain I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing. Ron Perlman It depends on how Johnny's feeling... If we go back on the road, we will go together. I'll go where he goes, and he'll go where I go. June Carter Cash I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones. Elliott Erwitt It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place. Ian Rush Strong people don't need strong leaders. Ella Baker I wish my work would be recognized by a larger crowd of people as more art than be stuck with the cartoonist label for the rest of my life. Julie Doucet The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchph...

swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically. Geoffrey Rush I'm probably working on three different scripts at any time, so there's never a time where I've got nothing to do. Chris O'Dowd I have considered myself a mature actor. DeForest Kelley I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there's anything controversial about that. James Murdoch In my mind, there's a time and a place for putting your foot down. Jay Kay Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling. Bebe Neuwirth Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater. Wole Soyinka I have an education, I went to college, you know? Nicole Polizzi Fantasy football is not onl...

to succeed. Even if you have a great cast, like we had, every scene you're kind of waiting for the release. 'Oh, yes; it happened. We got it!' There's always the possibility that it's just not going to work. Wes Anderson I think among the population at large, people are openly fascinated with crime and don't feel any shame over it. It's only the opinion-makers and the 'opinion elites' who turn up their noses. Bill James I'm interested in asking: 'What does feminine energy mean?' I don't have answers - I just have questions and interesting examples. Marina Abramovic I was bringing my attitude as a regular person 'cause this is my attitude. Glenn Danzig The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. John Sladek Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability. Gloria Allred Failure is not...

people, but I never wanted to stay there. It wasn't necessarily Texas that I wanted to move to; I just knew I wanted to live in the country somewhere. My wife and I found this place in Texas that we really liked, so we packed up our stuff and moved. Scoot McNairy I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God. Hakeem Olajuwon Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting, I would say the actress I most admire is Vanessa Redgrave. Ellen Burstyn When I was a kid, there was teasing in school. Then when I was a teenager on 'Days of Our Lives,' I certainly experienced hurtful comments from 'fans' of the show. Alison Sweeney The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. ...

getting flatter, you are not paying attention. We saw the entire global economy at one time acting totally in sync. The real truth is the world is even flatter than I thought. Our mortgage crisis is killing Deutsche Bank. You still don't think the world is flat? Thomas Friedman Like most photographers, I try to capture a moment in my work. Julian Lennon As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field. John Elway When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it. Jack Schwartz I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument. Trevor Rabin A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it. Maurice Blanchot When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwom...

issues as underlying themes to their campaigns and messaging. Humans connect with humans after all, and brands are using this as a point of connection to engage with their audience, especially charity-minded Generation Y. Amy Jo Martin I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior. Laurie Anderson I feel like every artist has an opportunity to create something new and to challenge themselves to reach out to a new crowd. Joe Jonas If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates. Imelda Staunton They transfer the prison, and all of a sudden all this money cuts loose, all these people cut loose. Janis Karpinski I can't really say how big the cult is. But I'm proud of it. I'm proud that it has a life. Bob Odenkirk Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they might use through my observations of real life. Jeff Bridges The money is better in films and television. But in ter...

he redefined the idea of beauty, that he combined painting, sculpture, photography, and everyday life with such gall, and that he was interested in, as he put it, 'the ability to conceive failure as progress.' Jerry Saltz I've said my patience is not infinite. Darrell Issa There are always two or three or four sides to every story. Denise Richards My mom is definitely my rock. Alicia Keys I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now. Jackie Chan I would rather just do the things I want to do. Stanley Tucci I am a total loser, in every aspect of my life. I rarely go out. Sean Hannity I just want to continue the way I am going. Sachin Tendulkar It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer. Juliette Binoche I'm usually done with work around 11am, so I have time before I pick the kids up from school. Kelly Ripa

that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it's not just for a select group of people. Ellen Ochoa I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.' Larry David I had a mother who was very emotionally demanding, wanting to be the centre of attention. As they say in EastEnders, she thought it was all about 'er. I spent a lot of time trying to work out what was going on. Andrew Davies At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first. Ethel Merman And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage. John Zorn I know nothing about technology. Jack Ma Now, what that means is that there is fundamental indeterminacy from quantum mechanics, but besides that there are other sources of effective indeterminacy. M...

to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie. Garret Dillahunt I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator, and Howard is closer to the middle. Neil LaBute When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative. Martin Luther King, Jr. I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head. Damien Hirst I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing. David Byrne Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented. Miranda Lambert When you speak of ...

use the practical light - I mean, at least he says that in his interviews, like they're not using traditionally Hollywood lights. In 'Elephant' we basically used no lights; we never really adjusted. Gus Van Sant Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons. Bernard Williams As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight. Jonathan Winters People are stupid. There's a lot of dumb stuff that's successful. Adam Carolla I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen. Kato Kaelin I believe that dance communicates man's deepest, highest and most truly spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written. Ted Shawn I don't want to look like Daisy Duke...

and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am. John Lydon When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, Sarah Palin tweeted, 'Obama lies; freedom dies.' She's referring, I guess, to the freedom to go without health care when you're sick. Richard Trumka Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically. Juliette Binoche I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything. Boy George Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me. Nancy McKeon I don't ...

did not go very well. I just thought, 'This is so not for me. I would rather talk to one of my girlfriends.' I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much. I have young children, and I'm just pretty much crazed. Hope Davis American scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that. Shirley Henderson Sometimes we used to eat once a day... chicken backs. You could buy four chicken backs for a quarter. Raul Julia There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those jobs. Lawrence Summers The skit was very successful based on the applause. After that show, the three of us decided to get together and try and come up with some songs that we could all participate in. Phil Harris I'm such a fitness freak that I eat so plain, it's gross. I have oatmeal in the morning and then I have chicken breasts and vegetables and spinach s...

one way or the other, whether it's pollsters, whether they are policy wonks, whether they are pundits, whether they are those who believe that they must call it as they see it and then to be fair about it. Douglas Wilder I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view. Bjorn Borg I think the Internet is absolutely extraordinary. It's very, very useful and I think one of the things we've got to do is make sure that the African continent gets on to that information super highway. Thabo Mbeki I talked to General Downer about some of the funding about the National Guard and some of the civil defense workers, the firefighters, the police officers, and the way that FEMA is making them spend that money. We have got a problem there. Lynn Westmoreland Deep down, I'm pretty superficial. Ava Gardner It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tea...

up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom. Aung San Suu Kyi Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner. Catherine Helen Spence When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead. John Greenleaf Whittier For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications. Ibrahim Babangida We go in and I do my thing, and then we supplement it with whatever we want. Caroline Corr If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well. Jonathan Safran Foer We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them. Cha...

if I could, just to learn more. I want to do gritty performances that I'm proud of. It doesn't matter to me if four people see it or millions of people see it, as long as I perform in such a way that people go, 'Wow!' Jason Dohring I knew the Apple II was great when I bought it, but as I dug into the details it just completely blew me away the creative artistic approach that the designers had taken. Andy Hertzfeld No matter how you travel, it's still you going. Jeff Goldblum Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening. Hari Kunzru I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly. Bobby Farrelly I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some...

of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when you take the social media and you take the Tea Party citizens movement, you have a combination there that, quite frankly, 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had a chance. Herman Cain You don't have to leave the world to be holy and grow closer to the Holy One. Johannes Tauler Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth. Knut Hamsun A more accurate statement would be that I was the first person since Jedi who was permitted to stick a fork into the piecrust to see if there was still any steam underneath. Timothy Zahn There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband. Samuel Richardson You know what the fastest growing religion in America is? Statism. The growing reliance on government. Marco Rubio In the developing worl...

that destabilized our economy - like predatory lending, over-leveraged financial institutions and the unchecked avarice of the past that trumped fairness and common sense. Our platform calls for significant cuts in federal spending. Cory Booker We can be certain that cities around the world will compete for the jobs that the next revival of the financial services industry will bring. Michael Bloomberg I love to be individual, to step beyond gender. Annie Lennox The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that so many people are in football for the wrong reasons. Not because they love the game, but because they smell money. Graham Taylor I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind. Julian Fellowes I want more out of life than I've gotten. Loretta Lynn Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet w...

comedy. I was doing Shakespeare and Chekov plays. It's about delivering on the promise of a $100,000 education and taking the shackles off and trying the hand at my craft. I'm thrilled with what I've seen so far. Josh Gad When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference. Monica Bellucci Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader. Marty Meehan Often, M.B.A.s will parachute around from one company or industry to another, without really understanding what's behind it. Henry Mintzberg I'm looking forward to the time when we all look like Polynesians. Henry Louis Gates I've had the most incredible luck in my career. Richard Dawson One problem we face comes from the lack of any agreed sense of how we should be working to train ourselves to write poetry. James Fenton ...

they're not well known. The show just provides them with a platform. There's just one winner and on some seasons you can get numerous chefs that are really good. Even if they don't win, they're all talented. Tom Colicchio The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible. Bertrand Russell I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut. Louis Sachar I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own. Clive Owen The reform process began with the historic consensus on the Charter of National Action, in which the Bahraini people decided on a new chapter of their history. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. Orison Swett Marden The good thing is that I'm always honest. Laura Linney You make your mistakes to l...

We must use energy resources rationally and must conserve. This needs us to adjust our economic structure, transform the mode of development, to make economic development more dependent on progress of science and technology and the quality of the work force. Wen Jiabao 'I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes throughout. And I think if it was just one stale two-dimensional thing then it would be kind of boring. And I think they did a fantastic job. Callan McAuliffe This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil. Sam Brownback When I won the Tony, I blacked out. I don't remember anything. I had bullet points jotted down, but I forgot to read half of them. My hands were shaking. It was an insane honor to be recognized in that way. Nina Arianda We have the responsibility to protect our people a...

my life, the keepers of my raw thoughts and emotions. The words poured forth after my dad died, when I went through a divorce, and after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. There are so many what-ifs scribbled on those pages. Hoda Kotb The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. Milan Kundera History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities. Graydon Carter I would say the connection between art and science is very tenuous for me. It's just that I'm interested in both. I don't think that my interest in art affects the kind of science that I do. Janna Levin One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility. Albert Einstein The more I practice, the luckier I get. Gene Sarazen If the American people don't love me, their descendants will. Lyndon B. Johnson When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like...

means we're constantly moving to and away from the sun. From light to shadow, the temperature swings by 300 degrees. Of course we're protected by the gear we wear, but you can definitely feel this temperature change. Thomas Marshburn As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples. Adam Clarke It's quite similar to guitar solos, only with programming you have to use your brain. The most important thing is that it should have some emotional effect on me, rather than just, 'Oh, that's really clever.' Richard D. James When I go to Batman movies, I always think, 'Man, I would like to be a bad guy in a Batman movie.' especially as they got darker when they go to the Christian Bale era. Denis Leary If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him. Fareed Zakaria Everything must change, everything must move forward....

civil rights issue. In 20 years we're going to look back at tapes of these antigay people saying ridiculous things on the news and it's going to sound as antiquated as the newsreels of horrible racists from the '50s. Busy Philipps Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN. Ben Stein The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature. Tayari Jones Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldn't handle it. Rick Wakeman I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider. Lasse Hallstrom So we should all, me included, stop figh...

the 'Wall Street Journal', the 'New York Times', constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image. Barbara Corcoran I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image. Rachel Kushner I remember sitting in school and thinking, 'I don't know why I'm here, because I know I'm going to act and I know I'm going to America.' Archie Panjabi We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans. Emanuel Cleaver I grew up in the heart of the Depression. Bob Cousy Be as you wish to seem. Socrates What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent. Sammy Davis, Jr. I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understan...

can. The response to the limited edition colors so far speaks for itself - the fans want the opportunity to match their headphones to their personal style, and we definitely want to make sure to give them what they want. Curtis Jackson We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business. Rick Perry The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it. James Hansen People are saying I don't need science, I have everything, but everything is based on science. Rolf-Dieter Heuer I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things. Matthew Lewis If a customer walks out without shoes, you really want to find out why. 'It didn't fit' is not good enough. Thomas G. Stemberg Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow. Karl Amadeus Hartman...

the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable. David Mamet Having family time to reflect on your day is the best. Buddy Valastro Whether you know who Denzel Washington is or you don't, when he walks into the room, you're going to pay attention, because he's just such a powerful man. Mila Kunis There is a hugely underserved population out there... those who are the least capable of paying pay the highest. James Cameron Love is an indescribable sensation - perhaps a conviction, a sense of certitude. Joyce Carol Oates You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student. Elisabeth Rohm The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it. Mahmoud Darwish Sometimes you're not sure about a player. Some...

as well as geographically. The University of Iowa tries to offer such a community, congenial to the young writer, with his uneasiness about writing as an honorable career, or with his excess of ego about calling himself a writer. Paul Engle The stone which Jacob consecrated at Bethel the generation of the living continues to anoint, paying the tithes which of old he vowed to the house of God there. Julius Wellhausen That's what everyone said attracted them to Lantana - I call it an adult mystery, because it's not a thriller in the sense of that other way, but it is a mystery. Barbara Hershey All war aims for impunity. Michael Ignatieff If you're beautiful within, a person can fall in love with your spirit. Angie Stone Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right. Martin Cruz Smith I came through folk music simply because it was easy ...

us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. This has led some people, not necessarily scientists, to wonder if Mars and Jupiter, non signatories to the Kyoto Treaty, are actually inhabited by alien SUV-driving industrialists. Fred Thompson Fairness is not about statistical equality. John Bercow I like to write a joke without any fat on it. The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically. Jimmy Carr I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. Betty White I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run. Shannon Miller I never travel without my sketch book. Ian Wright My last meal? The food would be much less significant than the company. Mario Batali People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected. Martina Navratilova No, I don't tolerate pr...

these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it's giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you'd be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you've taken. Hoda Kotb I slipped at a bus stop; I went one way and my hair went the other. That was the end of my wig. Tia Carrere We still have community, but we don't seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother's down the street, they're not in arm's length. Helen Fisher All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them. George Foreman It's no fun being a loser. Trust me. Mickey Rourke I was not the kid that hung out at the arcade. Jane Lynch I'm not going to give up doing interesting things. I'm going to do it as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in t...

writing this book.' Books are very long and it's easy to get discouraged. Instead I think to myself, 'Wow, I have this great story idea, and today I'm going to write two pages of it. That's all - just two pages.' Linda Sue Park There are hundreds of fine journalists who regularly inform us of what is happening in the world around us; and innumerable commentators who provide intelligent and objective insight on public policy matters. Bob Barr Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three. Heather Brooke The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China. Chen-Ning Yang 'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else. Ugo Betti If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company. Sela Ward My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try...

part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day. Gary Locke You know, you can be really quite subversive in popular fiction, which is capable of taking on big issues of politics, war, the rise and fall of commercial dynasties. Robert Harris There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe. Gordon Brown I owe my life to blood donors. I'm forever grateful to people who donate. Niki Taylor Higher educating has so many challenges, and private higher education has a special challenge of ever rising tuition costs. Ken Starr Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment. Alan Dundes Music, art, theater. I'm just a big fan of beauty. Jerry Hall I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Areth...

it's just hard work. Of course, we play fairy tale on the red carpet. It's all Cinderella. But when the clock strikes midnight, I turn into a gray mouse and I go home, and I take my dress off and it's over. That's Hollywood. Olga Kurylenko We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma. Randall Terry Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners. Ruben Hinojosa What I really wanted to know, though, was what it was like to be a geisha? Where do you sleep? What do you eat? How do you have your hair done? Arthur Golden I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities. Tim Scott I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not. Andrew Lincoln I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever ...

emerge from its recent dark period, but to make it happen soon we need to speed the resolution of millions of troubled home loans. Six years have passed since the crisis began, yet instead of accelerating, foreclosures have slowed. Mark Zandi A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been played by women who are quite thin. Phylicia Rashad Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen. Augusten Burroughs With scripts I've always looked at them and thought about kids, you know? Thought about the world and the impact... I won't do nudity and I never felt comfortable with that whole idea or things with huge sexual content - not my thing. Carrie-Anne Moss When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors. James MacArthur If you can find...

to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don't improve myself and lift the organization, because that distance is a constant. Indra Nooyi I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career. Nancy Kerrigan At 16, every boyfriend I had I was going to marry. Jessica Simpson When you have a kid, you have to be more mature. Sofia Vergara My time inside there was very short compared to the amount of time it took to take on and take off this suit and to test me for how much radioactivity I have. William Scranton When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess. Ritchie Blackmore If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure. Bodhidharma I usually spend Valentines Day with my friends. B...

weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy. Gabrielle Union There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing. Michael Winterbottom I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned. Kristen Bell Actually, I began to think that maybe there is a god, after all. Or maybe it's a different one. The old one got fired. Terry Gilliam Now the truth is, a president really can't control the economy, although his policies do have some effect on it. Paul Weyrich There is nothing more attractive than a man who is not a New Man. Jilly Cooper It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry...

made enormous sacrifices. Many have lost their jobs. Many of them have seen their companies - they don't have a pension - they have seen their companies cut the match for their 401(k). They have seen their health care benefits be shredded. John Kasich We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily. Celeste Holm We were just a gaggle of kids, and everybody played together and had a good time. You know how kids can be completely horrible - abusive but fun. But anyway, it was a nice childhood. Peter Jurasik I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that's not a solution is a waste of time. Marco Rubio Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man. Alexander McQueen I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now. Abby Elliott No obligation to do the impossible is binding. Marcus Tullius Cicero People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much ...

the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.' Shailene Woodley Here's the irony in what I do: When I go out to eat, I like classic French food. I like amazing Japanese food that has such a history that it goes back hundreds of years. And I also like really innovative food as well. Grant Achatz Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe. Juan Manuel Santos If Americans could choose, would they choose to work on the infrastructure for cancer-causing oil power or would they choose to work on the infrastructure for health-reviving wind power? Evangeline Lilly History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us. Johan Huizinga Wel...

you carry a deed to 635 million acres of public lands. That's right. Even if you don't own a house or the latest computer on the market, you own Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and many other natural treasures. John Garamendi You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised. James Dyson 'FlashForward' was a really fun show to make. Not to mention, I only worked, like, one day a week, and it paid the same as 'Happy Endings.' I got to make out with beautiful women on that show as well. Zachary Knighton I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well. Kat Dennings You don't paint pictures to put them in your attic. You want people to look at them. Joe Dante I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea. Sergio Aragones I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid. Larry Dixon I'm just an acto...

I'm in the middle of a set and the energy from the fans hit me. I also get really inspired through collaborations. I've learned so much from the emerging producers I've worked with just as they've learned from me. Tiesto My mom raised me to never have anything control me. Chris Tucker The idea of the 'lone gamer' is really not true anymore. Up to 65 percent of gaming now is social, played either online or in the same room with people we know in real life. Jane McGonigal I'm interested in everthing but passionate about nothing. Jeanne Calment As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist. Charlton Heston I am in very good health. I've never felt better. Hugh Hefner You have to learn and keep learning. Gil Scott-Heron I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny. Lucinda Williams After Vietnam, the Democrats became fundamentally the anti-military as a party...

talking about is increasing exponentially their control over our lives. As it is with the government health care takeover, so it is with the newly approved government plan to 'increase' Internet 'access.' Michelle Malkin Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them. C. J. Cherryh The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen. Aeschylus The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture. Richard Lamm I rub a mixture of honey and salt all over my body to moisturise and exfoliate. You wash it off and your skin is gorgeous. Catherine Zeta-Jones I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent. Julie Christie I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos. Brian Setzer I don't know anyone who's suffered lun...

Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle. Dee Dee Myers My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health. Maria Sharapova Out of the water, I am nothing. Duke Kahanamoku Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'... I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat.' Robert M. Gates In reality, both religion and science are expressions of man's uncertainty. Perhaps the paradox is that certainty, whether it be in science or religion, is dangerous. Robert Winston All of Obama's policies are working against economic growth, not for it, and Republicans ought to be talking about it and they're not....

to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere. Terry Eagleton For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious. Shannen Doherty There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating. Daley Thompson The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life. Mary Ellen Mark I personally have always found the Unitarian faith a source of comfort and help in my daily life. Leverett Saltonstall I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web. Jill Abramson ...

grandma in the closet.' They know, they've just been intermarrying for a long time. But if we did the DNA of everyone in Mexico a whole lot of people would have a whole lot of black in them. Henry Louis Gates In order to be able to give a girlfriend the amount of time she deserves, you would need time, and I just can't give her that. So, rather than being selfish or stupid enough to go into a relationship, it's just been easier to be single. Ryan Kwanten Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's where he got his character 'the tramp' from. It's a bad situation that he transformed into comedic one. Chris Tucker I don't have to live the roller coaster other people live with my life. It's hard because people try to have an effect. Tim Tebow Although I know a lot of the previous shuttle flights, in theory, had their tasks laid out; but there were still some changes that came along for ...

It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie March' here. But I love writing about Chicago, and I love being there and imagining lives in Chicago. I hope to set something there in the future, but it's intimidating. John Green It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell. Jarrett J. Krosoczka But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and Washington. Jim Fowler The scandal's so unbelievable that I cannot repeat it here. Marion Zimmer Bradley A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. Luis Barragan Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring. Drew Curtis The 2000s were marked by terrorism and a bipartisan desire to fight it. Ari Fleische...

you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up, and sometimes they'll snap at you. But for me, more often than not, if I'm talking to somebody who makes their living in comedy, it'll be a very thoughtful conversation driven from an emotionally honest place. Nick Kroll I always get very calm with baseball. Paul Simon People are used to seeing kids jump around. You know, the target audience, the audience that's spending money on music, like rock and hip-hop - they're used to seeing people get really physically involved in their music. Eric Lewis Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. Ambrose Bierce I can tan quickly. What takes people hours to do, I can tan in half an hour. George Hamilton A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere. Mel Gibson I am interested in politics. Dave Mustaine If you don...

sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that were designed to stifle freedom of assembly and the right to petition government for redress of grievances, both of which are part of our first amendment. Naomi Wolf Mean people are no fun. Thom Filicia It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist. Jean-Jacques Rousseau The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking. Charles Sanders Peirce I've written a few songs that have to do with being in a relationship, the bad and the good. Victoria Justice On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!' Orson Welles Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act. Ferdinand Lassal...

ideas. Just as scientists visualize data through charts and pictures, we can use 'data sonification' to translate radio signals into sound that help us better understand some of our most enigmatic planetary systems. Honor Harger I'm a blue-shirt guy. Billy Bush My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids. Gary Carter We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out. Jay McShann My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes me with a beady eye. Wilbur Smith I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will. Barry Sonnenfeld For me, my number one priority always has to be the music, and I'm going to work school around my music - not music arou...

like, 15 pairs on the floor. For real. Real talk. It's just simplicity. They're something I wear every day. Before I got a deal with them, I was wearing some type of Vans all the time. I would just order them by the box, like, 10 at a time. Lupe Fiasco We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic. Emma Thompson If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind. Harri Holkeri Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend. Kat Dennings My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it. Julia Louis-Dreyfus My big places to shop are Wal-Mart and Target - seriously. That is where half of my stuff comes from now. Kelly Preston Keep writing, because not only does practice i...

more than what happens between the crib and the grave, and that is what I am really trying to speak to, this idea that all of life is this life and that there is nothing more than what we see and experience right here on this earth. Max Lucado There are some movie stars in Hollywood that are so scared, they also tell the reporter that they are recording them, in case there is something wrong with what they wrote about them in the papers. Jean-Claude Van Damme I think the degree of alienation and despair is more universal. Terry Southern Although it's painful at the time, most of the things that people have said about us negatively - some of them are true and you can work on them, and the ones that you don't agree with, you don't work on. Chris Martin The secret to scooping ice cream is all about the scooper. You have to dip it in water before and after every scoop. Then it just rolls off. Crystal Reed I think that we give the impression, to carry on your meta...

bad. I love my crazy lifestyle, and I love my hard discipline. I love my freedom of speech and the way my eyes get dark when I'm tired. I love that I have learned to trust people with my heart, even if it will get broken. I am proud of everything that I am and will become. Johnny Weir It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated. Geri Halliwell I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis. Novak Djokovic I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here. Kirsten Dunst Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars. Brian Tracy A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama...

I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering. Paul Ryan The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption. Al Sharpton But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all. William Hurt I don't ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry? Wilfred Owen If you want respect, you earn it in politics. You don't get it because you are some form of bloody emperor in a toga. Colm Keaveney Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs. Hillary Clinton For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated. Ron Silver You can be enticed by food, wooed by food, sex, mone...

phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every 'Idol' winner and why they didn't go on to have success - their songs. The ones who have - their songs. Kara DioGuardi I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit, but I was never a fan of Motown stuff. I don't care for the production much. Jack White People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are. Hale Irwin I was so ashamed of who I was. Lady Gaga I change, like every single normal person. Kevin Pietersen I was sporty in high school. I played tennis and hockey, and was basketball captain. Then I went to university and stopped doing sport and started eating ice cream. Rebel Wilson When you're having a bad day at work, a lot of times it's your head. When you're having good days, a lot of times it's the absence of the mind. Curt Sch...

Kentucky, and there weren't too many Hawaiian-Filipino girls, so I stuck out like a sore thumb. I didn't look like everyone else and didn't feel I belonged... But these things only build character and make you stronger. It taught me to grow into the woman I was to become. Nicole Scherzinger If you get hold of a head of hair on somebody you've never seen before, cut beautiful shapes, cut beautiful architectural angles and she walks out looking so different - I think that's masterful. Vidal Sassoon It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That's partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they pursue roles that are very different from what they've done before. Christian Bale Lis Sladen was very important to me, you know. When I joined the little world of 'Doctor Who', Lis was already a star. Tom Baker I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office th...

I can talk about the day's news. But on radio, believe it or not, we have notes and scripts. And while we might ad lib the odd wryly amusing asides, they come at the frequency of a suburban bus. About one every 90 minutes. Evan Davis There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history. James Lovelock I don't believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. If we program film music, it will be because there is a real artistic reason for doing so. Esa-Pekka Salonen I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else. Viggo Mortensen I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie. Vin Diesel We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. J. J. Abrams Everything we do we should look at in terms of ...

the thought processes in real life are very, very different. And they're more interesting to me than what you think about when you're doing the dishes, cleaning the yard, watching TV, driving or watching a movie. John Romero I would love to go into an animal's dream - like a lion's or a cat's. I'm sure that's pretty awesome. Marion Cotillard My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want. Julie Walters I think that's it's really important to have good friends. Nowadays, you can text 24 hours a day and be in constant contact, but every once in a while, it's nice to just get out with your girlfriends and have fun. Amanda Schull And so Fannie Mae produces very strong results for investors in - when interest rates are high and when interest rates are low, in recession and during booms. Franklin Raines I stay in France. Better to be the...

that are funny. And isn't that true! That's why I always kill jokes. I'm terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I can't get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon. David Mitchell Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us. Stephen King I think I'm a lot like other moms out there who feel like if we don't have the pecan pie we have every year, then it just won't be Christmas. Faith Hill In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time. John Sergeant Wise My parents were very supportive when I was growing up and have been all the way through. Lena Dunham Without Free Choice Vouchers, there is little in the health reform law that discourages employers from increasingly pass...

you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you're not going to get played on radio and you're not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth. David Bowie What's really good is African drum music. Fiona Apple I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted. Linford Christie I started feeling it was wrong to withhold my music for money - as strange as that might sound! Jane Siberry I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV. William H. Macy Not everyone deserves to be a musician, you get lucky enough to be one. Josh Homme One of the things that make our version that much more heartbreaking is that even though I am playing a 24-year-old I look much younger. I look like a ...

FBI agents in Los Angeles, as well. That was again something that also came in very handy for Basic, because I'd learned already how to handle a gun and how to behave just physically when you're in a situation, a threat. That was very good to know. Connie Nielsen People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case. Christopher Guest Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men. Francis Picabia The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think. Josh Brolin It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural, historical and ethnic identity. Jenny Shipley I'm a laugher and a lover of comedy. Brett Ratner Of course I'm going to marry, but I don't...

artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs. Taylor Swift You have to leave things that you love. Kristen Wiig I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television. Bob Woodward This is Port of Spain to me, a city ideal in its commercial and human proportions, where a citizen is a walker and not a pedestrian, and this is how Athens may have been before it became a cultural echo. Derek Walcott Making people laugh was automatic. Sherman Hemsley In this business it's difficult to make plans. I think the plans follow you and find you. Julie London God's delays are not God's denials. Robert H. Schuller One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their ow...

magazines are nationally-distributed, and you recognize certain names. Same with television. With the blogsphere, however, you actually have to dig, and know how to use multiple tools to figure out whom you should be speaking to. Tim Ferriss I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for them is not very long, and the joke becomes old news very quickly. Tim Heidecker I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never lost a case. Most lawyers who have never lost a case have not had enough hard cases. But there are very difficult cases out there. Floyd Abrams I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people. Joel Osteen There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences. Lynne Cheney I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home. Jim DeMint The difference be...

was growing, and so I just wore whatever clothes that weren't that expensive and made sense at the time. But I'm sure that I look back and say, 'What was I thinking?' My adolescence was more in the '80s, and that's more my cross to bear. Vince Vaughn I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice. Billy Eckstine Black history is American history. Morgan Freeman Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart. Anthony J. D'Angelo I'm kind of a recluse when it comes to going outside. Erykah Badu Yahoo to me, as the founder of a company, is one of the biggest opportunities you could have; it's one of those classic Internet companies. Nick D'Aloisio The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. Norman Schwarzkopf School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs. Eli Broad Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news. Mari...

samples. I record everything into the Saffire with an SM58 then scratch it with loads of plug-ins. I don't do much vocoding to be honest. All my vocals are usually done with Melodyne and a ton of other plug-ins to make it sound weird. Skrillex Certainly the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a videogame beautifully. Dan Aykroyd Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not. Ieyasu Tokugawa I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star. Anna Faris You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. Jim Rohn Women are hard on themselves. Emily VanCamp Life is short and progress is slow. Gabriel Lippmann All I can do is take influences from where I was raised. Rita Ora We had to move forward after the war and see the realities. Joschka Fischer Animals in the wild are lean, and I think we should be too. Eddie Izzard

at killing people, and he sits there slugging martinis. It'll never be the same thing as this, because Bourne is a guy who is against the establishment, who is paranoid and on the run. I just think fundamentally they're just very different things. Matt Damon The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time. Grimes Yeah, writers do hate writing. Philip Seymour Hoffman You know, everybody is dealing with issues. Rick Springfield Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing. Elliott Erwitt Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy. Karolina Kurkova Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness. Bill Kristol I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things you enjoy. Susan Cain I've had the same breasts for my entire adult l...

'Oh, you might want to read 'In Cold Blood' because they're talking about you for Capote, but the script's with Johnny Depp and Sean Penn at the moment.' So, these things take their time to dribble down the food chain. Toby Jones We still have that same burn, to get that same kind of laughs. So whether the studio wants us to or not, we're going to do it. The money is just a byproduct of coming out with good stuff. Our whole thing is building that rapport with the audience. Shawn Wayans Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course. Eliot Spitzer I was a very weird amalgam of things as a kid. Curt Schilling I really appreciate anyone trying to inject art into mainstream film. Mark Mothersbaugh I don't have many famous friends, really, except Simon Cowell. Leona...

to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it. Sigmar Gabriel I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars. Henry Rollins When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.' Lana Parrilla I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way. Ethan Hawke I always try to look for the best in most places. Hugh Bonneville We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around. Taryn Manning The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without get...

script and others that are less rigid because they have less of a script, like 'Elephant.' The road map becomes more interpretive, maybe, than one with a detailed script. Editing-wise, they all have their problems. Gus Van Sant We did a whole fraternity house. We made them over. Carson Kressley I cry at everything, even the length of the queue at Sainsbury's. Arabella Weir I never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn't sound like anybody else. It just happened. Andy Williams I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day. Gustav Mahler I think I learned years ago when I went to Hawaii that you don't bring puka shells back. You've got to be careful of your vacation purchases. Josh Homme I would play with numbers in a way that other kids would play with their friends. Daniel Tammet My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown ove...

business at all. Looking back on my career in television and making a movie like 'The Sound of Music' from an adult point of view, it actually seems kind of unreal. I was involved in shows that people grew up with - that hold memories for them - and it's a cool feeling. Angela Cartwright Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity. Jacques Ellul Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue. Jim Fowler In this cry of pain the inner consciousness of the people seems to lay itself bare for an instant, and to reveal the mood of beings who feel their isolation in the face of a universe that wars on them with winds and seas. John Millington Synge I think when you come to Australia you immediately get the sense of fitness and taking care of yourself and being healthy, and it really shows. Tinie Tempah It...

Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm! Rodney Atkins My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time! Salma Hayek Let me tell you something about full moons: kids don't care about full moons. They'll play in a full moon, no worries at all. They only get scared of magic or werewolves from stupid adults and their stupid adult stories. Neil deGrasse Tyson When I began my work on how morality varies across the political spectrum, there was a partisan, manipulative element to it. I wanted to help the Democrats win. Jonathan Haidt The foundation for film acting is stage acting. James Lipton I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other...