I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women, because it's so hard and I have so much respect for anyone who can do it.

I do love live performing, but I'm not a stand-up naturally, and I don't like the lifestyle of working just in the evenings at clubs.

It's kind of a camaraderie in the comedy community, people are kind of proud of how badly they go down sometimes, and it's quite nice to join in with that.

Poetry is like passion--it should not be merely pretty

Words matter, words have import.

If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators.

Kino-Eye uses every possible means in montage, comparing and linking all points of the universe in any temporal order, breaking, when necessary, all the laws and conventions of film construction.

We're the greatest athletes in the world without a doubt.

Seskin has the gift of song...his voice has a natural lilt that can’t be learned. The combination of musicianship and repertoire make for a rich and satisfying musical experience.

Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely

I don't want to be home just taking medicine and waiting to die, you know? That's not something I'm about.

The winners stun us not by their cleverness, but by the fact that every tiny aspect of the business is just a touch better than the norm.

If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you've been warned that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.