What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate?

[The] BBC was known as Auntie suggesting someone prudish and Victorian and that she still is on some days. On others she's a champagne-soaked floozie, her skirts in disarray, her mind in the gutter, and the mixture can be quite wonderful.

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.

You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.

Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio.

Killing is the payoff of war.