If I can finish a cartoon in 20 minutes, then that’s the ideal editorial cartoon – it’s to the point. – Paul Conrad
It’s no secret that in my books I’m trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can. – Richard Russo
James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can. – Samuel Beckett
I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle that filming affords. – Rupert Friend
When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can’t hit it. – Satchel Paige
I’ve reached a point in my career when I can demand certain conditions, and one of them is a weekend break every three weeks during the shoot. – Rhys Ifans
Things like that become a blur – shot at some soundstage, somewhere – that’s as much as I can remember. – Rob Zombie
I’ve analyzed the best I can… and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course. – Richard M. Nixon
The poetry of Walt Whitman. I can return again and again to these magnificent poems and still get pleasure from reading them. – Robert Littell
I really concentrate on what’s on my plate at the moment and do the very best I can. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg