I’d like to get back home to Nova Scotia more, but thankfully, with technology you can call and text and FaceTime. But physically being in Toronto or Nova Scotia… there’s nothing like it. Diego Klattenhoff Read Quote
La Cage’ has got a broad appeal. It obviously appeals to the gay community, but it’s also a good, fun show that appeals across a broad audience, a great big mixture. Roger Allam Read Quote
Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn’t tell people what kind of car to drive. It simply raises the price of gasoline and lets people adjust their behavior accordingly. James Surowiecki Read Quote
My main ambition as a teenager was to somehow resurrect the dark-minded writer Franz Kafka and become his girlfriend. Amy Gerstler Read Quote
My mother told me once that she had her talk with God whenever she started a new sweater: ‘Please don’t take me in the middle of the sweater.’ And as soon as she finished knitting a sweater, and it was blocked and put together, she already had the wool to start the next sweater so that nothing bad would happen. Judy Blume Read Quote
I fell in love with ‘Ben Hur’ when I was 8 years old, and I just knew I had to be involved in movies, even if I was the guy who melted the butter on the popcorn. Rod Lurie Read Quote
In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories. Kim Edwards Read Quote
Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women. Camille Paglia Read Quote
Nobody ever dared with Frank, because he had such mood swings, and you never knew how he was going to react. But I could tell the minute I saw him that he was going to be in my corner. Don Rickles Read Quote
There was a point in the latter 1990s at which, suddenly, every sitcom and drama in sight had to have a gay or lesbian character or couple. That was good news as a voucher of the success of the gay rights movement, but it still grew a bit tiresome: ‘Look at us! Our show is so hip, one of the characters is homosexual!’ Lionel Shriver Read Quote
