- Slannen: You know, I hope you don't mind me saying this, but you're much prettier than I would've expected.
- Brumhilda: I know. Giants are supposed to be big, ugly and mean. It's because of stories like "Jack and the Beanstalk". Stinking Grimm Brothers!
Aidan McArdle - Slannen
Heidi Klum - Brumhilda

“- The Chief Clerk: Kafka... I understand you fancy yourself as a writer.
- Kafka: In a small way.
- The Chief Clerk: You should find a more... athletic hobby. Put some color in your cheeks.”
Alec Guinness - The Chief Clerk
Jeremy Irons - Kafka

“I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives. One time I secretly wanted to be a writer.”
Cary Grant - C. K. Dexter Haven

“I don't put much faith in scientific terms. I leave that to the fakers and the writers of books.”

Claude Rains - Dr. Jaquith

“Most of us keep that inner-being lock up, hidden away. A fiction writer doesn't have to do that. He doesn't have to hide it. He doesn't have to keep it from anything. He can let it out, bring it out into the open. Let it live, let it breathe.”

Timothy Hutton - Thad Beaumont