- 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

Elves aren't that short you know. That's just a stupid myth created by that "Elves and the Shoemaker" story. Do I look small enough to fit in a shoe? Stinkin' Grimm Brothers!
Aidan McArdle - Slannen

“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