Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

American Idol Rewind combines all of the characteristics of elite off-network weekend successes, including being a smash hit in primetime, read more

American Idol Rewind combines all of the characteristics of elite off-network weekend successes, including being a smash hit in primetime, having dual male and female appeal, and enjoying substantial momentum going into syndication.

He gives lectures but no one hears about it.

He gives lectures but no one hears about it.

They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly read more

They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach. - The Italians, 1964.

You know what? It takes a lot of fight to get things to change and get things to be better. read more

You know what? It takes a lot of fight to get things to change and get things to be better. We're prepared to do it. We're not going to walk away.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes read more

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

On reforms, the decision has been taken and broad outlines drawn but they now need to be activated ... the read more

On reforms, the decision has been taken and broad outlines drawn but they now need to be activated ... the speech should be comprehensive and positive on domestic issues,

I felt that I could've thrown more combinations. I wasn't perfect, and I didn't want to do anything stupid.

I felt that I could've thrown more combinations. I wasn't perfect, and I didn't want to do anything stupid.

[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine read more

[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine cones.] I was making little pine-cone people with razor blades, ... That's all I did.