"I quite like convincing the person the broom is their favourite actress. They are talking to a broom and they think it's Julia Roberts and they snog it. In Reading one guy took the broom into the wings and was getting amorous with it. I had a struggle to get it back. He was exhausted when he came out."

-- Paul McKenna

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“A comedian is someone who tells the truth. Truth is the set of all jokes told by all comedians in the world.”
“To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer's identity.”

Source : "My California: Journeys by Great Writers". Book edited by Donna Wares, 1999.
“I was raised a right-wing Republican and was about eighteen when I had to admit to myself that in regards to the great domestic crucible of the day, civil rights and racial justice, conservatives were on the wrong side historically and morally, and that it took too much intellectual and psychological jujitsu to pretend otherwise. I didn't want to pretend anymore; I wanted to be on the right side.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The real skill is to raise the sails and to catch the power of the wind as it passes by.”
“My ambition is peace and perfection.”
“I think the fact that I grew up in show business had a real effect on my personality. If you were born in New York during the golden age of television, and you grew up on Broadway, that marks you.”
“Strength of will - is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won't go away, who won't stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all. In evaluating people, I prize ego. It often translates into a fierce desire to do their best and an inner confidence that stands them in good stead when things really get rough. Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I've ever coached had ego to spare.”

Source : "Evan Davis: 'I'm a presenter who is gay rather than a gay presenter'". Interview with Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. May 07, 2011.
“If you think about it, we are always centered in the middle of chaos. It never goes away.”

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