"Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us."

"I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected."

"When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down."

"There is nothing to be compared to this, 'cause we lost our brother, our hero. The world is mourning. We are mourning. The fans are mourning. It is unreal. Unbelievable."

"Despair gives courage to a coward."

"Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences."

"A movie set is like a petri dish for neuroses, you know? It's just, like, egos and weird personalities and, more than anything, fear."