"Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man."

“I write from what's in my heart. I write what I love and have always done that.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“If you're really invested in feeling bad about the world, there are a lot of media outlets out there that you can turn to.”

“People are starting to acknowledge the direction the media is going. This is a good sign that we'll continue to deliver satire and news and opinion in new and different ways. Why be limited by the medium? I hope that there are more cartoonists and people who are willing to try something new.”

“I have a new hobby and it's pretty much logging.”

“... sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh.”

“It is tact that is golden, not silence.”

Source : Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.43, ReadHowYouWant.com

“Of all the events which constitute a person's biography, there is scarcely one ... to which the world so easily reconciles itself as to his death.”

“Fans believe they have a relationship with you, either through your TV character or, more reasonably, through the tweets you may have exchanged. In a way, you have gotten to know them. You learn about people's kids, families, pets.”

Source : "Gina Bellman on Leverage: 'Fandom is a world with no prejudice'". www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2013.