"Marriage is holy and it's private."

-- Marlene van Niekerk

“Is it appropriate still for a German to have a gun? I only use that as an example of a country that's still deeply involved and engaged in the conversations about how to come to terms with the past. Certainly for that country, it's not forgotten.”
“I will be really happy once I have done my jail time. I can start fresh.”
“The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.”

Source : "Neil Diamond Cuts Up". Interview with Richard Natale, articles.latimes.com. February 10, 2001.
“I never think in terms of target audience. I try to write what makes me laugh, so I'm the target audience. I guess I just hope there's another person in America like me.”
“We danced our youth in a dreamed of city, Venice, paradise, proud and pretty, We lived for love and lust and beauty, Pleasure then our only duty. Floating them twixt heaven and Earth And drank on plenties blessed mirth We thought ourselves eternal then, Our glory sealed by Godâ€™s own pen. But paradise, we found is always frail, Against manâ€™s fear will always fail.”
“I think the Birmingham accent has a lot to do with that, it certainly doesn't help you when you're trying to put a point across. We also set ourselves up for it sometimes by getting drunk and doing stupid things, but I thought that was what rock 'n' roll was all about.”
“This show does something very special for the gay community. There's a message hidden inside the totally gaudy package that is so fun to watch. It's all about loving and accepting yourself, and every season I'm surprisingly moved by it.”
“A writer, or any artist, canâ€™t expect to be embraced by the people [but] you just keep doing your work - because you have to, because itâ€™s your calling.”

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