I tap danced for ten years before I began to understand people don't make musicals

anymore. All I wanted to do was be at MGM working for Arthur Freed or Gene Kelly or Vincent Minelli. Historical and geographical constraints made this impossible. Slowly but surely the pen became mightier than the double pick-up time step with shuffle. Zadie Smith

Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture. Dave Grohl

Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there. Judith Viorst

The Democrats' plan for 2006? Take the House and Senate and impeach the president. With our nation at war, is this the kind of Congress you want? Ken Mehlman

Let's face it, writing is hell. William Styron

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too. Steve Earle

I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream. Zinedine Zidane

On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that. Jeff Daniels

I belong nowhere and to no one. Waris Dirie