An editor sleeping with his writer was not as bad as a psychoanalyst sleeping with his patient, or even a professor sleeping with an undergraduate, let alone a president with an intern.

There seemed to be no one in a position of power, from the Vatican to Wall Street, from Parliament to Scotland Yard to Fleet Street, who could think of anything better to do than abuse it....

The measure of a work of art is how much art it has in it, not how much ‘relevance’. Relevant to whom? Relevant to what? Nothing is more ephemeral than a hot topic.

If anything should take place behind closed doors, it was cruelty and betrayal.

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even the enemy

A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress.

I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy.

Choices not chance determine your destiny.

Every woman wants to be wanted - just not by the entire Metropolitan police force.

Hopefully, I can continue to do anything I want. I just want to do things that I'm passionate about in this life.

She had a way of embroidering life with stars.

Banana Splits for Breakfast. I think I ate about five.

YouTube is a new experience for me-someone threw a laptop in front of me and showed me Nic Cage going mad, which has got to be the funniest thing on YouTube. He's so courageous.

In science, if the last 50 years were the age of physics, the next 50 years will be the age of biology.