"I had no administrative function at the New Yorker. I am what we used to call in construction back in Kansas City where I grew up "a dog-ass subcontractor.""

“Gwyneth Paltrow names her kid Apple. I'm not going to let that stand.”

“At an independent label, you have to figure out inventive ways to promote without spending the money.”

“You know, when it was done originally, they always had to fight to keep it going at the end of each season. Now, The Odd Couple has become part of our language and culture.”

Source : "Somers in the City". Interview with Michael Portantiere, www.theatermania.com. July 3, 2003.

“What is meant to be, will always find its way. And when your down and feeling alone, just wanna run away, trust yourself and don't give up. You know you better than anyone else.”

“My elbows are double-jointed, so I can flip them inside out.”

“I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.I put my family last. Because if you don't, if you put them first, they never thank you. You'll never get a word of thanks from them.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

“Many people persist in the wrong job, trying year after year to get good at what they're bad at or at what they dislike. Like marrying the wrong person, working in the wrong job is a prescription for a life of toil-and-groan.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

“I have a lot of confidence in my shot and I'm willing to shoot it no matter what.”

Source : Jimmie Johnson during Phoenix II Press Conference, www.motorsport.com. November 12, 2006.