"I'm not ambitious or desperate to be working all the time because I have a lot of other interests and creative outlets. But, at the same time, it's insulting when you read a piece of c*** and you're like, 'Is this really what it's come down to? Thanks a lot'."

ACTRESS DARYL HANNAH on being offered uninspiring movie roles

"I still learn things every day about what he did, people tell me what he said and what he did and I think about it. You can imagine if you've lost your partner how that is. Fill in the blanks."

PERFORMANCE ARTIST LAURIE ANDERSON, widow of rocker Lou Reed

You think I'm a panda?

HONG KONG SINGER PAULA TSUI, after being called a "national treasure" by singer Lui Fong