Go Ahead Quote Me

Jersey Shore Star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi
Novelist Howard Jacobson
Costume Design Oscar Winner Jenny Beavan

You know, mummy just turned 21, it was the first time she could get into bars and clubs and she went nuts. You're going to experience that when you're 21, but wait till you're 21 and learn from my mistakes.

JERSEY SHORE STAR NICOLE "SNOOKI" POLIZZI on how she will explain her antics on the reality television show to her two children


Uncertainty is the only respectable intellectual position to have about everything. There's no little thumb symbol on Facebook that says 'I have a complex, ambivalent attitude', but there should be.

NOVELIST HOWARD JACOBSON


I don't do frocks and absolutely don't do heels, I have a bad back.

I look ridiculous in a beautiful gown. This was a homage to Mad Max.

COSTUME DESIGN OSCAR WINNER JENNY BEAVAN, who attended the ceremony in a faux leather jacket

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 03, 2016, with the headline Go Ahead Quote Me. Subscribe