"She is overtaken by a sensation of unbeing. There is no other word for it."

-- Michael Cunningham

“In the big city, if the man next door happens to be a slum landlord, a Mafia bag man, or a long distance runner, what does it matter, as long as he puts his garbage out on Tuesdays?”
“They would sort of keep you on your toes that way - that kind of Italian allergic reaction to eagerness. It's very bruta figura, bad form, to be eager. You sort of glide in and have a conversation and work things out, then it takes two days to get up and running.”
“I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I get comedy indigestion. I just hate anybody else being funny. That's my job.”

Source : "A funny five minutes with Jenny Eclair". Interview with Mirror.uk, www.mirror.co.uk. May 2, 2010.
“We live in a screen age, and to say to a kid, â€˜Iâ€™d love for you to look at a book but I hate it when you look at the screenâ€™ is just bizarre. It reflects our own prejudices and comfort zone. Itâ€™s nothing but fear of change, of being left out.”
“I've seriously got to stop turning my girlfriends gay, but like I can really help it. It's my animal appeal.”
“Loser loser Double loser whatever as if get the picture DUH!”
“The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?”

Source : Rose Macaulay (2011). “Personal Pleasures”, p.5, A&C Black
“When I wrote a song, it would have to be from something I was really excited about, or a melody that's been haunting me for weeks, or a message I wanted to convey lyrically. So it would have to start from something I felt very strongly about.”

Source : "A chat with Brendon Urie, Brendon Urie interview, Panic! at the Disco, Vices and Virtues". Interview with David Medsker, www.bullz-eye.com. April 19, 2011.

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