"Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child's confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers' lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson."

“I've had moments of thinking maybe I should go on Twitter. It's something that I've been shy about, and I've thought that maybe I should do it.”

Source : "Michelle Dockery Talks DOWNTON ABBEY Season 4, Her Reaction to Season 3’s Cast Departures, Lady Mary as a Mother, Love Interests, and More". Press Tour Interview, collider.com. August 09, 2013.

“Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.”

“So often I wonder whether it is my right to capitalize, as I feel, so often, on the grief of others. But then I justify, in my own particular thoughts, by feeling that I can contribute a little to the understanding of what others are going through; then there is reason for doing it.”

“He's so ugly. When you walked by him, your pants wrinkle. He made fly balls curve foul.”

Source : "My MLB All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium Commemorative Interview with Mickey Rivers". Interview with Dave Hollander, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 23, 2008.

“If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am.”

“If peace can only come through killing someone, then I don't want it.”

“So we can be filled with holes and loss and wide expanses of unhealed geography - and we can also be excited by life and in love and content at the exact same moment.”

“No path back home is better than any other path.”