"Everything since Homer has improved, except poetry."

-- Giacomo Leopardi

“To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.”
“In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent.”

Source : "Choose a Grassroots All-Star" by Rep. Jerry McNerney, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 19, 2007.
“It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.”
“Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again. For then the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day.”
“When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don't make much fuss.”
“It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I wanted all my solos to be something you could sing along with”

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